The government Friday said there is no need to panic on the need for an immediate change in the dosage interval of Covishield vaccine, underlining that reducing the time gap requires proper scientific study in the Indian scenario.
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Covishield s first dose develops strong immunity than Covaxin s: ICMR head
The government recently accepted the Covid-19 Working Group s recommendation for extending the gap between the two doses of the Covishield vaccine from 6-8 weeks to 12-16 weeks. However, the dosage interval for Covaxin has been left unchanged and remains four weeks.
The decision to increase the interval between two doses of Covishield was taken because the first dose of Covishield can develop a strong immunity.Â
According to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) head Dr Balram Bhargava, the immunity after the first dose of Covishield was found to be strong and that the three months gap will give the best results, a report in Times of India said.