New Delhi: Top officials of the health ministry told a parliamentary panel that if necessary, A Booster Covid-19 Vaccine Dose But only nine months after the second dose, PTI reported.
The government has not yet authorized any COVID-19 booster shots, even though there is an uproar among health professionals for a third dose.
Health ministry officials made this statement while giving a presentation on the Omicron COVID-19 edition, which caused global alarm and triggered another round of flight restrictions.
The Health Secretary, the Director General of ICMR and other top officials of the ministry on Thursday deposed before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health on the issue ‘challenges posed by the Omicron version of COVID-19’, PTI reported.
Officials told the panel that so far 23 cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in India. Maharashtra leads the chart with 10 cases, followed by Rajasthan with nine.
A health ministry official told the meeting, “Tackling COVID-19 is like a police-thief game and the authorities should stay ahead of the virus.”
The parliamentary panel was informed that there were over 100 countries accepting vaccine certificates issued by the Indian government for international travel.
Subject Expert Committee (SEC) under the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization will hold a meeting on Friday regarding the Kovid-19 booster dose.
Recently, Serum Institute of India had sought approval for Covishield from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) citing its adequate stock and demand for booster shots due to the emergence of Omicron as a booster dose.
US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday Granted emergency authorization for 16- and 17-year-olds To get a third dose of the vaccine made by Pfizer — if it’s been six months since his last shot, the AP reported.
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