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Covid booster jab not needed, say experts; high-risk groups need protection
Public health experts recommend a risk-based Covid response focused on the elderly and immunocompromised instead of mass booster vaccination campaigns
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To date, over 2.2 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in the country, according to the government’s CoWIN dashboard. | Photo: Bloomberg
Amid concerns over the rise in Covid cases in the past month, doctors and public health experts believe that India might benefit from a focused approach by protecting high-risk groups from infection despite pushing for a mass booster dose coverage.
This comes even as India reported 6,133 active Covid cases as of June 8, a tally which stood at just 35 on April 28, according to data from the Covid dashboard of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Public health expert Dr K Srinath Reddy said that the focus should be on protecting vulnerable population groups such as the
