Focus should be on booster dose to deal with new variant Omicron: Doctors

Nagpur: Saying that the Maharashtra government has ‘ridiculous’ science by imposing ‘unnecessary’ restrictions, And city doctors have said that the focus should be on a booster dose to counter the new variant, Omicron. And he has also said that this country also has additional vaccines that should be given to specific age groups very soon.

Restrictions such as mandatory quarantine even for travelers from at-risk countries, and a negative RT-PCR certificate even for fully covid-vaccinated domestic travelers have not gone down well with doctors. And he also criticized the dual policy of keeping schools open in rural areas and not allowing many classes at all within city limits.

Infectious disease specialist whose name is Dr. Nitin Shinde. They have said that the vaccine’s effectiveness has been reduced because of the brand new version.

It has also been said that if there is no newer version then 2 doses are enough. When the effectiveness of the covid vaccine becomes less, then there are only 2 options. Either you modify the coronavirus vaccine, which involves occupational exposure and because of this, it is refused, or a booster dose is also given. And the primary series can also be 3 doses instead of 2. Some vaccines also contain 3 series. And in South Africa too, with partial or no covid vaccination, the young population needs hospitalization.

Dr. Nitin has said that the criteria introduced in view of the threat of Omicron only ridicule the scientific approach.

A large number of vaccines becoming useless

Internal medicine specialist Dr. Vaibhav Agrawal has realized that it would be a good idea to impose restrictions and also to think about a booster dose of covid. He has also said that due to the delta variant surge, we also saw that the people who got the covid vaccine faced very less serious illnesses. And after some time the death rate can also come under control. The moment restrictions are put in place, then the virility is also greatly reduced. And the current covid vaccines are the same as the previous strain of the virus. Yet they can still provide protection of up to 50%. The remaining 50% of the risk can be significantly reduced with movement restrictions. Along with this, we should also take a booster dose of covid.

Pulmonologist Dr. Ashok Arbat is also the VHA President. He has also said that there is also the possibility of a large number of covid vaccines becoming useless. He has also said that the booster dose of covid also increases immunity. Each vaccine also has a booster dose, such as pneumococcal, flu, etc.

The convener of VHA whose name is Dr. Anup Marar. He has also proposed the idea of ​​a paid booster dose. It has also been said that in view of the imminent attack of the third wave of covid, it would also be wise for the authorities to seriously consider approving a booster dose of covid for all, Including frontline workers. Whose second covid dose was already about 7-8 months ago. They can also at least support voluntary self-payment modalities, which can be easily afforded by the private sector, which also has untapped inactive vaccine stocks.

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