India to start 'mix and match' COVID booster vaccines today

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India stated on Wednesday that Biological E’s COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax can be administered as a booster dosage in individuals who have actually taken the nation’s other 2 primary shots, Covaxin and AstraZeneca’s Covishield, from Friday.

Corbevax will be offered to over 18 s as preventive booster 6 months after a 2nd dosage, the health ministry stated in an Aug. 8 letter to state authorities and shown press reporters on Wednesday.

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Covishield is produced for the Indian market by the Serum Institute of India under license from AstraZeneca, while Bharat Biotech makes Covaxin.

A girl receives a dose of Biological E's COVID-19 vaccine, Corbevax, in Ahmedabad, India, on March 16, 2022.

A lady gets a dosage of Biological E’s COVID-19 vaccine, Corbevax, in Ahmedabad, India, on March 16,2022

India has actually up until now administered more than 2 billion COVID vaccine shots, consisting of 113 million boosters, all of which have actually up until now been of the very same vaccine as the recipient’s very first 2 dosages. The federal government states about 89% of Indians above the age of 12 have actually had 2 dosages.

The nation of almost 1.4 billion individuals has actually recorded more than 44 million coronavirus infections and 526,826 associated deaths. The real numbers are thought to be sometimes greater.

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