Will India go for mixing vaccines for booster shot? Decision soon

A third shot that does not match the first two doses may be allowed

The decision on whether to all­ow heterologous boosting — or a different vaccine for the third shot — in India is expected soon. Investigators from Christ­ian Medical College, Vellore, who have been carrying out a cl­inical study on mixing vaccin­­es, are likely to present their int­erim data from 400 volunteers.

Multiple sources confirmed that a presentation before the subject expert committee of the Central Drugs Standards Con­t­rol Organisation (CDSCO) is ex­p­ected this week. “We have sou­g­ht permission from the Drugs Co­ntroller General of India (DCGI) to present the data be­fo­re the experts,” said Winsley Rose, principal investigator of the study,