New Delhi (SunstarTV Bureau): Any person getting different vaccines in the two slotted doses is not a cause of concern for that individual, NITI Aayog member VK Paul said on May 27.
Paul, who is also head of India’s COVID-19 task force, however, said that healthcare workers should ensure that the protocol of administering two doses of the same vaccine should be followed.
“Our protocol is clear that we are giving two doses of the same vaccine. What happened in this case ( UP) should be investigated. But I can say that if someone gets the second dose of a different vaccine, any significant effects are unlikely,” Paul said during the routine Health Ministry presser.
Paul was responding to a question about recent incident of villagers in Uttar Pradesh’s Siddharthnagar district, who were given a dose of the Covishield vaccine for the first dose and Covaxin for the second dose at a government hospital.
The Uttar Pradesh incident has not reportedly led to adverse health effects in those who received the vaccine, according to state government officials.
The people living in the Barhni village near Nepal border received Covishield for their first dose at a primary healthcare centre (PHC) in the first week of April. On May 14, when they returned for the second dose, they were administered Covaxin, as per reports.
(Sources: Money control)
