Patna: Even when senior citizens and health workers are being given a booster dose in various health centers in the city, people with breakthroughs have recently been unsure of whether they should go for a booster dose now.
Health experts and doctors have various opinions about the administration of a booster dose to people who have recently been infected with Coronavirus even after getting a vaccine dose in the past.
Dr.
Satish Kumar from Nalanda Medical College and Hospital said there were no special guidelines on the administration of a booster dose to infected people.
“According to the old guidelines of the Ministry of Health, anyone with a breakthrough infection must wait at least three months before taking a booster dose,” he said.
Dr.
Kumar added that the booster dose would not harm individuals, but also would not help.
“The body will experience antibodies with natural infections.
Therefore, the booster vaccine may not provide additional assistance to residents,” he added.
Dr.
Sanjeev Kumar, Nodal Officer Covid-19 throughout the Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) -Patna, said people with fresh infections must choose a booster dose only after a month in accordance with the guidelines.
One month’s minimum gap can be extended to three months in the future, he said.
Dr.
A K Ashu, Director of the Indira Gandhi Cardiology Institute, Patna, said that someone had to take a booster dose at least six weeks after recovering from reinfection.
“Someone develops enough antibodies after infection and does not need to take an amplifier as soon as the end of the infection,” he added.
Retired Civil Surgeon Kumkum Prasad said in the UK and other countries, people were infected with Omicron variants from Coronavirus even after taking a booster dose.
“There are some cases where infection has occurred immediately after vaccination.
It takes 28 days to add antibodies,” he said.
Former Main Medical Head of Patna University Central Dispensary, Dr.
Prabhakar Devraj, said that nothing could be said to be convincingly about the right gap needed between two doses or between recovery of infection and a booster dose.
“In fact, sufficient study on the changing Coronavirus variant has not been made.
Previously, those infected with smallpox would develop natural immunity.
They are not infected with this virus.
But, Coronavirus behaves very different.
Therefore, there is no harm in getting it wrong The booster dose immediately after recovery from a fresh infection, “he added.