Booster Dose Must For Those Traveling, Government To Announce Policy Soon: Adar Poonawalla

Pune, 4th April 2022: Adar Poonawalla, CEO, Serum Institute of India (SII), today informed that the Government of India is formulating a policy regarding booster doses against Coronavirus disease (COVID19) and it will be announced in the next few days.

He was speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the alternate fuel program.

SII has manufactured the Covishield vaccine. At present only frontline workers and those above 60 are now allowed to take booster doses in India.

Poonawalla said, “We have appealed to the government as everyone who needs to travel needs to take the booster dose. They are here having an internal discussion and very soon, in the next few days, they should make an announcement on the booster policy.

The low number of Covid-19 cases at the moment was because the country chose the right vaccine.

Our vaccines have proven to be better than those in other countries. Look at the US and Europe, they have a lot of cases. We have fewer cases because we chose the right vaccines,” he said.

When asked whether the vaccines in their current form can work on new variants of the Coronavirus, he said, “They will work only if a booster dose is taken, as this will form protection from future variants. In India, experts are deciding on mixing vaccines though it is allowed the world over.”

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