84-day gap between Covishield doses a violation of right to better protect life, says plea in Supreme Court
The Hindu
Kitex Garments Limited questions ‘discrimination’ in policy that relaxes the gap for foreign workers and sportspersons
The 84-day gap between two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield, is a violation of the right of an adult to protect himself better from a possibly fatal disease, a petition in the Supreme Court has argued.
Kerala-based company, Kitex Garments Limited, contended that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had said Covishield is most effective if administered with a gap of six to eight weeks between the two shots.
The plea has questioned the “discrimination” in Government policy, which relaxes the 84-day limit for foreign workers and sportspersons, but remains rigid for their domestic counterparts.
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