By: Shree1news, 12 MAY 2021
Bhubaneswar: The due date for second dose of Covishield vaccine has been revised to 42 days (six weeks) after the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Due to this fact, beneficiaries visiting vaccination centre for second dose of Covishield between 4 and six weeks can’t be vaccinated and the Co-WIN portal will not permit the same, informed the Health and Family Welfare (H &FW) Department today.
The department has written a letter to all district Collectors, Municipal Corporations, Chief District Medical Officers (CDMOs) and Public Health Officer (PHOs) to make sure the same.
“The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has made modification in Co-WIN portal for second dose of Covishield with impact from today. The due date for the second dose has been revised to 42 days (6 weeks) after first dose, which was 28 days (4 weeks) earlier. You are requested to share the same with all officials, supervisor, vaccinators and verifiers,” the H & FW department mentioned in the letter.
However, there was no such modification for Covaxin.
Source:A-N
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