“Do I would like a fourth COVID vaccine?” This is what consultants need to say in view of rising variants of coronavirus

“The administration of 4th dose may be a substantial strategy in weak populations reminiscent of immunocompromised sufferers,” says Dr Rohit Kumar Garg, Marketing consultant, Division of Infectious Ailments, Amrita Hospital, Faridabad.

On a fourth vaccine, he says, “there may be very restricted knowledge, to recommend any important profit in opposition to symptomatic an infection and extreme COVID-19, following administration of 4th dose of accessible COVID vaccines.”

“Subsequently, a extra rational strategy could be using bivalent COVID vaccines (based mostly on outdated and new strains) for reinforcing immunity, just like influenza vaccines (strains up to date each season),” explains Dr Garg.