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COVID-19 vaccine booster shots might be needed to tackle new variants: AIIMS Chief

Source: Highlights There might be a need for the country to adopt a booster dose with second-generation COVID-19 vaccines. Bharat Biotech s Covaxin trials for children are presently underway and the results are expected to be released by September the AIIMS director informed. New Delhi: With various mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 emerging in the near future, there might be a need for the country to adopt a booster dose with second-generation COVID-19 vaccines, said All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) chief Dr Randeep Guleria. It seems that we probably need the booster dose of vaccines as with the passage of time the immunity tends to fall. There is waning immunity. We would like to have a booster dose that will cover for various emerging variants, Dr Guleria said in an interview with ANI. 

Bharat Biotech s Covaxin trials for children underway; results expected by Sept: AIIMS chief

Bharat Biotech s Covaxin trials for children underway; results expected by Sept: AIIMS chief Bharat Biotech s Covaxin trials for children are presently underway and the results are expected to be released by September, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) chief Dr. Randeep Guleria has said. Commenting on the development, the AIIMS chief said, The vaccines for children should come out now because trials in India are already there in the vaccines which are available in India, Bharat Biotech trial is in the final phase by September we will have the data. The trial is conducted in three phases by segregating children into categories according to their age. The first trial was started in the age group of 12-18 years followed by the age group of 6-12 years and 2-6 years which are currently undergoing trials.

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