KOLKATA: A major reason behind the sharp drop in vaccination across Kolkata’s private hospitals is that thousands — who had Covid during the third wave in January or suffered from symptoms of the virus but didn’t get tested — have deferred their jabs for three months as per the rule. It has prompted the state health department to consider a suggestion from experts that the three-month rule be altered now as the virus may have turned endemic.
Even as private hospitals struggle to exhaust their vaccine stocks, they also pointed out that the mild infection during the third wave has also dissuaded many senior citizens, who are now eligible for their third dose, health workers and those aged between 15-18 years from taking the shot.
