COVID-19 booster dose: Doctors in West Bengal write to Mansukh Mandaviya
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The West Bengal Doctors Forum (WBDF) in its two-page letter to Mandaviya cited studies stating that administration of booster doses is an effective measure to prevent COVID infection by maintaining the vaccine efficacy.
Kolkata: A doctors' forum in West Bengal wrote to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday (November 6) requesting quick rollout of a booster dose programme for front line warriors fighting COVID-19 expressing apprehension that the efficacy of the two jabs which are being administered now will "not go further over time".
The West Bengal Doctors Forum (WBDF) in its two-page letter to Mandaviya cited studies stating that administration of booster doses is an effective measure to prevent COVID infection by maintaining the vaccine efficacy.
"We are all aware that efficacy of vaccines goes no further over time and due to that numerous healthcare workers may contract the disease in their dutyline. There are studies which say that the administration of booster dose will be an effective measure to prevent COVID infection by maintaining the vaccine efficacy," Rajib Pandey and Punyabrata Gun of the Forum said in the communication.
