BENGALURU: Providing clarity on the deferral period for blood donation after Covid vaccination, Dr Sunil Gupta, director of National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC) said donation can be done 28 days after the first dose.
In his reply to STOI’s query, Dr Gupta said a person who is not taking the second dose immediately after completion of 28 days of the first shot can proceed with blood donation.
Earlier, NBTC had issued a notification on March 5 stating, “28 days post vaccination deferral after the last dose of Covid-19 vaccination, irrespective of the type of vaccine received”. This got blood banks worried about blood shortage as from May 1 all those aged above 18 are allowed to get jabbed against SARS-CoV2.