Ottawa: Western University has made a booster dose mandatory for its staff and students, but not all infectious disease specialists agree with the benefits of this dose. The university says that taking the booster dose will reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19 on the campus this year.

McMaster University’s Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Martha Fulford says she understands the overall medical significance of the vaccine but does not agree with making booster shots mandatory for public health.

She also said that the decision on whether a booster shot should be done or not should be a personal matter of every person. “It has become clear that Covid vaccines do not prevent it from spreading further,” he said, referring to the spread of omicron and sub-variants. He said that making booster shots mandatory for the welfare of public health does not do anything wrong.

She further said that booster shots can be beneficial for the elderly, immunocompromised persons, but there is no need for such a booster dose for young people who have already taken two doses or who have recovered from Covid-19.

On the other hand, Karina Top, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University, said that she supports these booster doses. Florentine, provost and vice president of Western, said his university’s decision to administer the booster dose of the vaccine to staff and children this year was taken after much deliberation and in line with expert opinion.

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New Delhi: The Union health ministry on Friday announced that booster Covid-19 vaccine is now available for 18+ population starting from April 10, at private vaccination centres from this Sunday.

Meanwhile, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 185.38 Cr (1,85,38,88,663) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,23,73,869 sessions.

COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 2.11 Cr (2,11,28,977) adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

COVID-19 cases are constantly low and 1,109 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

The last 24 hours saw a total of 4,53,582 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 79.29 Cr (79,29,63,033) cumulative tests.

There has been a sustained fall in the weekly and daily Positivity Rates too. Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 0.23% and the Daily Positivity rate is also reported to be 0.24%.

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