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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Swati Bharadwaj | TNN

Covaxin booster safe, fights SARS-CoV-2 sub-variants: Nature

HYDERABAD: A third dose of Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, is safe and increases the concentration of neutralising antibodies against the ancestral vaccinated individuals, according to the results of a study published in reputed scientific journal Nature.

The results indicate that a booster dose of Covaxin (BBV152) is safe and necessary to ensure persistent immunity to minimise breakthrough infections of Covid-19 due to newly emerging variants, it said.

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