Read more about Covid vaccination to be deferred by 3 months after recovery: Centre on Business Standard. If infected with Covid after 1st dose, 2nd dose to be deferred by 3 months after clinical recovery from Covid-19 illness, says Centre
Centre says Covid vaccine shots not 100 per cent efficacious
There is one more advantage of the vaccines that even those who get the infection despite the shots, will likely not get the severe disease and recovery will be faster, said Agarwal.
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NEW DELHI: Amid concerns that breakthrough Covid-19 infections and risk of severe disease despite vaccinations may be much higher than the results from clinical trial data, the Centre on Monday maintained that it had kept a close watch on such incidents. “The risk of infection in the recipients of Covid-19 vaccines is much lesser (than the unvaccinated population) but there is a small chance that a tiny fraction of people can get the infection despite the vaccinations as vaccines are not 100% efficacious,” said Lav Agarwal, joint secretary in the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Aditi TandonTribune News ServiceNew Delhi, May 19
India on Wednesday changed its Covid vaccine policy allowing jabs for lactating women and deciding to defer inoculations for all lab-confirmed Covid