Is mixing two different vaccines unsafe? The answer is it is not. According to National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), India is planning a study on the efficacy of two different coronavirus vaccines on patients.
“India may in few weeks start testing the feasibility of a regimen that mixes two different doses of COVID vaccines to see if it helps boost the immune response to the virus,” said Dr N K Arora, Chairman of COVID-19 working group under the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI).
It may be noted that in Uttar Pradesh’s Siddharthnagar district, due to medical negligence, 20 people were administered the first dose of Coveshield and the second dose of Covaxin.
The WHO has stated that in truly exceptional situations, for the second shot one can administer another vaccine. However, it added that giving the same vaccine for both doses is recommended. In Canada, mixing of vaccines has been done.
There could be side-effects of mixing different COVID-19 vaccines are headache, body ache, and fever otherwise there is no harm, aver doctors.
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