The gap between the second dose of the Covid vaccine and the precautionary dose has now been reduced from nine to six months.
Following the instructions of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI), Chhattisgarh’s Health Department on Friday issued a circular in this regard to all the Chief Medical Health Officers and District Vaccination Officers.
Earlier, the duration between the second dose and precaution dose was nine months. It has now been reduced to 6 months or 26 weeks, an official communiqué said.
The precaution dose for all beneficiaries from 18-59 years will be administered after completion of six months from the date of administration of second dose at private Covid Vaccination Centers (CVCs), the communication said.
For beneficiaries above 60 years as well as the healthcare and frontline workers, the precaution dose will be administered after completion of six months from the date of administration of second dose at government CVCs free of charge.