Tokyo Games: Olympic-bound athletes, officials to receive 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine after 4 weeks

Last month, a government panel had recommended that the dosage interval of Serum Insititute of India’s Covishield vaccine be increased to 12-16 weeks. However, the gap between the two doses of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin is four weeks.

The gap between two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for Olympic-bound athletes and officials has been set to four weeks by the Ministry of Health, informed Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra on Monday (June 7). Batra has communicated the same to national sports federations. “All NSFs whose Athletes have Qualified for Tokyo Olympics. Letter has been issued by Ministry of Health Government of India, that in the case of Tokyo Bound Athletes and officals, the 2nd dose of vaccination will be done after 4 weeks of 1st dose of Vaccination,” Batra said in a statement. Last month, a government panel had recommended that the dosage interval of Serum Insititute of India’s Covishield vaccine be increased to 12-16 weeks. However, the gap between the two doses of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin is four weeks.