Center Reduces Gap Between 2nd & 3rd Covid-19 Vaccine Doses To 90 Days For International Travelers: BMC

Importantly, this will only apply to persons who need to travel internationally.

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New Delhi: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) stated on Tuesday that the Central Government has decided to shorten the time between the second and third doses of Covid-19 vaccinations from 9 months to 90 days, news agency ANI reported. Importantly, this will only apply to persons who need to travel internationally.

Centre govt has approved to decrease gap b/w 2nd & 3rd dose of Covid vaccines from 9 months to 90 days. Cowin app has also been modified. Orders are issued for all private & govt vaccination centres under BMC's jurisdiction. Only for people needing to do international travel: BMC

— ANI (@ANI) May 17, 2022

The CoWIN app has also been alerted, and its settings will be adjusted accordingly, while orders have been issued for all private and government vaccination centres within the authority of the BMC, it added.

The BMC's statement comes just days after the Central Government stated that Indian citizens can receive a third dose of Covid-19 vaccination as soon as three months after the second dosage if they plan to go overseas.

The decision was made to allow foreign travelers to fulfil the requirements of various nations.

India Covid-19 Tally

Meanwhile, the daily rise in new coronavirus infections fell below 2,000 after 28 days taking India's tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,25,370, while the active cases dipped to 16,400, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.

A total of 1,579 new Covid cases were reported in a span of 24 hours and the death toll climbed to 5,24,260 with 19 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.75 per cent, the ministry said.

A decrease of 917 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.44 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.59 per cent, according to the ministry.

70% Vaccinated With Booster Dose Didn't Get Covid-19 During Third Wave: Study

According to a study released in April, as many as 70 per cent people who were administered with the booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine did not contract the the virus during the third wave. The results were announced after a survey conducted on nearly 6,000 people across the country.

The survey comes weeks after Union Health Ministry announced the rollout of the precautionary third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine for the 18-plus population at private vaccination centres from April 10.