Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, July 6: Union Health Ministry on Wednesday reduces the gap for COVID-19 precaution doses from existing 9 months to 6 months for those above 18 years, amid the Covid-19 fourth wave threat.
The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI), the government’s immunisation advisory agency, has suggested shortening the interval between the second shot and the booster dosage.
Previously, there was a 9-month gap between the second dose and the precautionary dose. It is currently only six months long, or 26 weeks.
“The precaution dose for all beneficiaries from 18-59 years will be administered after completion of 6 months or 26 weeks from the date of administration of the second dose at Private Covid Vaccination Centres (CVCs),” said Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan in a letter to chief secretaries and Administrators of all states and Union Territories.
Union Health Ministry reduces gap for COVID-19 precaution doses from existing 9 months to 6 months for those above 18 years pic.twitter.com/s7YmO3SwZh
— ANI (@ANI) July 6, 2022
