The COVID 19 Vaccine Booster Shots are recommended by the INSACOG (Indian SARS CoV 2 Genomics Consortium) for people above 40.
Highlights:
The advice arises to counterbalance the Omicron risks in the country. The Omicron is a COVID-19 variant that was later identified in South Africa.
The World Health Organisation declared it a “Variant of Concern”. According to INSACOG, it isn’t easy to identify the presence of the variant in the more initial stages of its entry into the country.
Booster shots
The booster shots are the supplementary use of the vaccine, given after the protection afforded by the original shots begin to decline.
The booster shots help keep the immunity levels in people, and all Vaccines have booster shots.
The booster shots are given after a person has completed his vaccine series to increase the protection against the virus.
This is because the protection against the virus decreases over some time.