India may allow smaller gap between Covishield doses sold privately: Report

Private hospitals and clinics will give their paying patients the option to receive their second dose of the vaccine 4 weeks after the first, down from between 12 and 16 weeks currently, say sources

India is likely to allow a smaller gap between COVID-19 vaccine doses for inoculations being carried out privately, in line with a court order, two sources told Reuters.

Private hospitals and clinics will give their paying patients the option to receive their second dose of the vaccine four weeks after the first, down from between 12 and 16 weeks currently, they said.

Earlier this month, the high court in the southern state of Kerala ordered changes in the health ministry's vaccine-booking platform to give people paying for vaccination this choice, which is already being offered to those flying abroad. read more

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