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Omicron drives Indians, especially health workers, to quietly get booster from pvt hospitals -Mohana Basu and Anusha Ravi Sood

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Centre is yet to recommend booster dose for Covid vaccine & CoWin neither allows registration for third dose nor issues certificate for it. But that appears to be no impediment for some.

New Delhi/ Bengaluru: Fear of a drop in antibody level six months after receiving the second vaccine dose, and rising concern about the spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron, have pushed people in some parts of the country to go in for booster shots of available Covid vaccines. This, despite the absence of any third or booster dose recommendation from the government.

Commenting on the efficacy of a booster dose, Gautam Menon, professor of physics and biology at Ashoka University in Sonepat, said while there have been no reported side-effects of taking a third shot, there is also a lack of evidence to decide if it will do any good.

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