Covid-19 patients can take jab three months after recovery: Govt

The Union government has accepted a recommendation by the national expert group on vaccine administration that Covid patients can get jabs three months after recovery from illness. If a person catches infection after the first dose of vaccine, the second one has to be taken three months after clinical recovery. 

These recommendations are based on the evolving situation of the pandemic and emerging global scientific evidence and experience, the health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

Earlier, vaccine was being recommended after one to three months of recovery. 

Patients who have received the anti-SARS-2 monoclonal antibodies or convalescent plasma therapy too have