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No need for fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine given current evidence, says expert

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: January 25, 2023 11:25 IST

Former head of epidemiology and communicable diseases Dr Raman Gangakhedkar at Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), discounted the ...

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Former head of epidemiology and communicable diseases Dr Raman Gangakhedkar at Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), discounted the need to take the fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine given the current evidence regarding the coronavirus and variants.

Looking at the current evidence (of variants of the virus), it is not that big that there is any need for the fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. There are many reasons for that. Currently, whatever vaccines are there, the virus makes the escape mutants over them which causes infections, Dr. Gangakhedkar said on the sidelines of a function.

He said if a person has taken a third dose of the anti-COVID-19 vaccine that means his T-cell immune response has been trained thrice. The core virus (of COVID) has not been changed so much that a new vaccine would be needed so try and have trust in our T-cell immune response, he added.

For the fourth dose, I think, there is still time to think, because if any new variant comes, it would not be from the SARS-COV2 family. It could be a completely new variant and when it comes, we will think about it as our genomic surveillance is still going on. No need to get worried now, he said.

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