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Covid booster jab not needed, say experts; high-risk groups need protection
Public health experts recommend a risk-based Covid response focused on the elderly and immunocompromised instead of mass booster vaccination campaigns
Sanket Koul New Delhi
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Amid concerns over the rise in Covid-19 cases last month, doctors and public health experts believe that India might benefit from a focused approach on protecting high-risk groups from infection instead of pushing for mass booster dose coverage.
This comes even as India reported 6,133 active Covid-19 cases as of 8 June, a tally that stood at just 35 on 28 April, according to data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's Covid dashboard.
Commenting on the same, public health expert Dr K Srinath Reddy said that the focus should be on protecting vulnerable population groups such
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