A National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization NTAGI will hold a meeting next week to decide on the COVID 19 vaccine plan on children and the deliberate on the administration of third dose, sources told India Today on Tuesday.
The sources added that they might have final recommendations at that meeting. After that National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID 19 NEGVAC will take a final call.
During its last meeting, the NTAGI had no final recommendation on additional COVID 19 vaccine doses and vaccines for children. Both issues were discussed in the meeting and the booster dose was not on the agenda of the meeting.
The Centre told the Delhi High Court that both COVID 19 advisory teams NTAGI and NEGVAC are considering scientific evidence related to the dosing schedule of COVID 19 vaccines as well as the need and justification of booster doses of COVID 19 vaccines.
The Centre responded to the Court's query on the administration of booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine and whether it was necessary or not and the timeline within which the same is proposed to be rolled out was in an affidavit filed by the Centre.
The Court's remarks came after growing advocacy of booster dose in the West. The High Court of Delhi was hearing about the COVID 19 crisis.