Gehlot says Centre should decide to provide booster Dose soon

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Emphasizing the need for Covid-19 booster dose, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said a letter will be sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to permit booster dose. He said it is learnt that booster doses are being administered in about 35 countries of the world. In such a situation, it is necessary for the Central government to take appropriate decisions regarding the need for booster doses and issue guidelines to the states to save the people from the third wave.

The state health department will be conducting its own serosurvey to assess the need for vaccines booster doses. Under the survey, over 16,800 samples from 14 districts will be collected to assess the immunity of the people who have been administered with the first, second or no dose of the vaccine.

Gehlot expressed his concern over the increase in the number of corona positive cases in some districts of the state in the last few days. He said that in view of the experiences of the second wave and the nature of this virus, the strategy of re-testing, tracking and tracing should be implemented strongly. He said that it is necessary to stop the infection at the primary level so that the people of the state can be saved from the third wave.

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