Boosters: Experts say mixing vaccines may give better immune cover

But some virologists feel two-dose immunity, along with memory-cell action, may be sufficient

A head of a much-anticipated meeting on Covid booster shots, experts feel the way forward is to mix vaccines to give better immune coverage even as others question the need for a booster dose.

In the wake of the recent scare from Omicron, some virologists feel two-dose immunity along with memory-cell action would be sufficient, while others feel that booster shots may be necessary.

An expert group is likely to meet next week to decide on the course of action related to allowing booster shots.

Bharat Biotech’s inactivated whole-virus based Covaxin seems to have an edge here for two reasons — one, a