Covid Symptoms: Once again the tension of Corona has started increasing in the country. In the last 10 days, there is an increase in the cases of the corona. Up to 2000 cases have started coming up in a day. The Omicron XBB.1.16 sub-variant is believed to be a major reason for the spread of corona in the country. It has been revealed in many studies that this new variant of the corona is very contagious, that is, its ability to infect one person to another is very fast as compared to other viruses. It is also infecting those people who have got vaccinated.
Those who got the vaccine are less at risk
Scientists are constantly researching new variants of Corona. Seeing how deadly this virus can be. It has been revealed in the study that people who have got the vaccine. Coronavirus is infecting them, but the danger is very less. Serious symptoms are few. At the same time, experts are not denying this either. Corona's mutation can become a threat to the vaccinated. At the same time, those who have not got the vaccine. They are very much at risk of this virus. So in such a situation, discussions have started regarding the fourth dose of vaccination.
The fourth dose is applied in many countries
Recently, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer's Omicron booster shot for children under the age of five. Children who have got 3 doses of vaccine. They can be given the fourth dose. Children ages six months to four years who have had their three doses two months or more ago with the original monovalent shots from Pfizer and BioNTech. They can be given the fourth dose. Company officials say that the fourth dose of the vaccine thwarts the attack of Omicron BA.4 and BA.5.
So there will be no need for the fourth dose.
According to media reports, the fourth dose of Covid vaccine is needed or not? Regarding this, a study has been done by the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, operated in Karnataka. In this, the immune system of 350 participants who had received a booster dose of the Covishield vaccine was seen against the corona, and the immune system was better in all. It was revealed in the results that at present there is no need for the fourth dose of the vaccine. The booster shot is doing all the work of Corona.
This is what the doctors have to say
Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar, former head of epidemiology and communicable diseases in the Indian Council of Medical Research, has also told in a report that if 3 doses of Kovid have been taken, then the fourth dose is not needed yet. The T cell system of such people is strong. This reduces the risk of corona considerably.
