Coronavirus Vaccine Dosage: The Central Government has told the Delhi High Court that it is neither allowed nor advised for a person to have two separate Kovid vaccines for two doses. However, a person can be given a different vaccine as a precautionary dose.
A petition was filed in the High Court by a cancer patient, Madhur Mittal, seeking permission to take Covaxin for the second dose. The first pair of Covishield was given to the petitioner. During this, the Center presented its stand in front of the High Court. At the same time, the court dismissed the petition as the petitioner did not appear for the hearing.
The petitioner said that after the first dose of Covishield, he had to face many problems and had to undergo special treatment. That’s why he had sought permission to take Covaxin in the second dose.
Same attitude of center in 2021 also
On this, the High Court had asked the Central Government, in response to which the Central Government filed an affidavit in November 2021, stating that mixing of two or more Kovid-19 vaccines is not allowed under the National COVID-19 Immunization Program Is. It also said that there were no recommendations from two expert bodies, the National Technical Advisory Group (NTAGI) and the National Expert Group on COVID-19 (NEGVAC) regarding the safety and efficacy of the combined dose.
The government said that the CDSCO had on August 7, 2021 permitted M/s Christian Medical College, Vellore to conduct Phase IV clinical trials for the two dose combination and the study was in progress.
petition rejected
On January 17, 2023, Anurag Alhuwalia, standing counsel for the central government, reiterated the same position. However, the court did not proceed further and dismissed the petition as the petitioner or his representative did not appear for the hearing.
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