Since March, over 400 US colleges and universities have announced students get Covid-19 vaccinations, ahead of the Autumn semester but those who have been inocu
US students who took India s Covaxin, Russia s Sputnik V, asked to get re-vaccinated ANI | Updated: Jun 04, 2021 10:38 IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): Since March, over 400 US colleges and universities have announced students get Covid-19 vaccinations, ahead of the Autumn semester but those who have been inoculated with India s indigenous Covaxin or the Russian-made Sputnik V are being asked to re-vaccinate as these vaccines have not yet been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Rukmini Callimachi reports in the The New York Times that Milloni Doshi, a 25-year-old student from India, who is due to start her master s degree this fall at Columbia University s School of International and Public Affairs, has been administered two doses of Covaxin. Now, Columbia has told her that she will need to be revaccinated with a different vaccine once she arrives on campus.
"Pandemics are like terrorist attacks: We know roughly where they originate and what's responsible for them, but we don't know exactly when the next one will happen. They need to be handled the same way by identifying all possible sources and.
US colleges, universities ask Indian students inoculated with Covaxin, Sputnik V to revaccinate
There are many colleges and universities in US that are asking students to be revaccinated if they have received vaccines like Sputnik V and Covaxin that have not received WHO approval. They are citing a lack of data on efficacy and safety of these vaccines
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Indian students who have received Covaxin or Russia s Sputnik V vaccine are being asked to inoculate again across the US colleges and universities. Both of these vaccines are yet to be approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), which is why students are being asked to inoculate with different vaccines before the start of the Autumn semester in the US colleges and universities.
Indian students in the US who got themselves vaccinated with Covaxin or Sputnik V have been asked to get themselves re-vaccinated citing lack of WHO approval