Kerala HC asks Centre if 84-day gap between COVID jabs based on vaccine availability or efficacy

The judge also said that if efficacy was the reason for the gap, then he was "worried" as he was administered the second dose within 4-6 weeks of the first dose.

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (August 24) asked the Centre whether the 84-day gap between two doses of COVISHIELD was based on availability of the vaccine or its efficacy. The query to the central government came from Justice P B Suresh Kumar while hearing a plea by Kitex Garments Ltd seeking permission to administer the second dose of COVISHIELD vaccine to its workers. The judge also said that if efficacy was the reason for the gap, then he was "worried" as he was administered the second dose within 4-6 weeks of the first dose.