{"id":68538,"date":"2021-06-16T15:05:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T09:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/?p=68538"},"modified":"2021-06-16T15:05:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T09:35:56","slug":"decision-of-increasing-covishield-dose-interval-based-on-the-fundamental-scientific-reason-regarding-behaviour-of-adenovector-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/decision-of-increasing-covishield-dose-interval-based-on-the-fundamental-scientific-reason-regarding-behaviour-of-adenovector-vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"Decision of increasing COVISHIELD dose interval based on the fundamental scientific reason regarding behaviour of adenovector vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Myths vs. Facts on COVID 19 Vaccination<\/strong><\/p>\n

Record of Minutes of meetings of COVID-19 Working Group and Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) of NTAGI clearly show that recommended 12-16 weeks dosing interval for COVISHIELD was unanimous with no dissent from any member<\/strong><\/p>\n

Delhi 16 JUN 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

There have been some media reports regarding increase in the gap between two doses of COVISHIELD vaccine from 6-8 weeks to 12-16 weeks, suggesting dissent among the technical experts regarding the decision.<\/p>\n

It may be noted that the decision of increasing the gap is based on the scientific reason regarding behaviour of adenovector vaccines and has been discussed thoroughly in meetings of COVID-19 Working Group and Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) of NTAGI\u00a0with no dissent from any member<\/strong><\/b>.<\/p>\n

The 22nd<\/sup>\u00a0meeting of\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>COVID-19 W<\/strong><\/b>orking Group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) was held on 10th<\/sup>\u00a0May 2021<\/strong><\/b>. The COVID-19 Working Group has the following members:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. N K Arora<\/td>\nExecutive Director, INCLEN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Rakesh Aggarwal<\/td>\nNTAGI Member, Director, JIPMER, Puducherry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Gagandeep Kang<\/td>\nNTAGI Member, Professor, CMC Vellore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Amulya Panda<\/td>\nNTAGI Member, Director, NII<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. J P Muliyil<\/td>\nNTAGI Member, Retd. Principal, CMC, Vellore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Navin Khanna<\/td>\nGroup Leader, ICGEB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. V G Somani<\/td>\nDCGI, CDSCO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Pradeep Haldar<\/td>\nAdvisor, RCH, MoHFW<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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This COVID-19 Working Group considered a proposal for a change in dose interval for COVISHIELD used under the National Vaccination Policy. It recommended that \u2018based on the real-life evidences particularly from United Kingdom (UK), the COVID-19 W<\/strong><\/b>orking Group agreed for increasing the dosing interval to 12-16 weeks between two doses of COVISHIELD Vaccine<\/strong><\/b>\u2019.<\/p>\n

This recommendation of COVID-19 Working Group was further taken up for discussion in the 31st<\/sup>\u00a0meeting of Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) of NTAGI which was held on 13th<\/sup>\u00a0May 2021<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0under the joint chairpersonship of Secretary, Department of Biotechnology and Secretary, DHR & DG, ICMR.<\/p>\n

Members of STSC are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Renu Swarup<\/td>\nSecretary, Department of Biotechnology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Balram Bhargava<\/td>\nSecretary, Department of Health Research & DG- ICMR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. J P Muliyil<\/td>\nProfessor, CMC Vellore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Gagandeep Kang<\/td>\nProfessor, CMC Vellore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Indrani Gupta<\/td>\nProfessor, Institute for Economic Growth, Delhi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Rakesh Aggarwal<\/td>\nDirector, JIPMER, Puducherry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Mathew Varghese<\/td>\nHead of the Dept, Orthopaedics, St. Stephan\u2019s Hospital, New Delhi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Satinder Aneja<\/td>\nProfessor, Sharda University, Noida<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Neerja Bhatla<\/td>\nProfessor, AIIMS, New Delhi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. M D Gupte<\/td>\nFormer Director, NIE, Chennai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Y K Gupta<\/td>\nPrincipal Adviser THSTI-DBT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Arun Aggarwal<\/td>\nProfessor, PGIMER, Chandigarh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Lalit Dhar<\/td>\nProfessor, Virology, AIIMS, New Delhi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The STSC of NTAGI gave the following recommendation:- \u2018as per the COVID-19 Working Group recommendation, a dosing interval of minimum three months between two doses of COVISHIELD vaccine was recommended.\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n

In both the meetings i.e. COVID-19 Working Group and STSC, no dissent was given by any of the three members who have been quoted in a news report by Reuters, namely, Dr. Mathew Varghese, Dr M. D. Gupte and Dr. J. P Muliyil. Further, it is on record that Dr. Mathew Varghese has denied talking to Reuters on the issue of his alleged dissent<\/p>\n

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