SII Chairman Cyrus Poonawalla says Covishield booster doses are desirable

Pune, August 14, 2021:

Serum Institute of India (SII) Chairman Cyrus Poonawalla said on Friday that the ideal gap between two doses of Covishield is two months and another dose of vaccine should be taken six months later. Said there is.

Asked by the medical journal The Lancet about reports that antibodies to the coronavirus produced by Covishield, a vaccine produced by SII, will decrease after a while, Punawara says that the antibodies will decrease, but the “memory cell” remains. I told reporters.

“Six months later, my antibody was low, so I took the third dose. I took the third dose to 7 to 8,000 SII employees. For those who completed the second dose, I took it. Please. Additional administration after 6 months (third dose) “.

He spoke at a press conference after receiving the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak Award here. The ideal gap between two doses of Cobishield is two months, he said. “Due to the lack of vaccine, the Modi government changed the vaccine to three months, but a two-month gap is ideal,” Poonawalla said. He also said that the blockade was not an effective way to deal with the virus.

“Without the blockage, you will get sick at first, but later the predominance of herd immunity. The reason I prefer herd immunity is that the mortality rate (due to the coronavirus) is very low. , High mortality rate. ”

In most cases, he claimed that the death was caused by negligence and delays in reporting the infection to doctors. News, ET Health World