Updated: May 02, 2021 02:13 IST If a person contracts COVID-19 after the first dose, when should they get the next shot? Share Article AAA Recipients wait in long queues outside the BKC jumbo vaccination centre at Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai on April 24, 2021. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI If a person contracts COVID-19 after the first dose, when should they get the next shot? The story so far: Despite a massive shortage of COVID-19 vaccines across the country, the Central government announced that vaccination for everyone above 18 would begin from May 1. But several State governments expressed their inability to kick off the programme citing a shortage of vaccines. They have postponed the drive to when the required stocks arrive in each State. This could have a deep impact on the epidemiological health of a population seized by a deadly second wave of infections.