Indiscriminate, incomplete vaccination can promote mutant strains, health experts tell PM Modi

Public health experts, including doctors and members from the national taskforce on Covid-19 have said that unplanned vaccination can promote mutant strains. Experts have also said there is no need to inoculate those who have had coronavirus infection.

A group of public health experts, including doctors from AIIMS and members from the national taskforce on Covid-19, have said mass, indiscriminate and incomplete vaccination can trigger the emergence of mutant strains. The panel have also recommended that there is no need to inoculate those who have had coronavirus infection. In their latest report, the experts from the Indian Public Health Association (IPHA), Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (IAPSM) and Indian Association of Epidemiologists (IAE) said vaccinating the vulnerable and those at risk, instead of mass population-wide inoculation including children, should be the aim at present.