Hyderabad: A single dose of Covid-19 vaccine enough for infected person According to one, there was a greater antibody response than people who had no previous infection Study Released by AIG Hospitals on Monday.
City-based AIG Hospitals recently published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases (a peer-reviewed journal) a study conducted on 260 healthcare workers who were vaccinated between January 16 and February 5.
This study was designed to assess the immunological memory response in ALL patients.
given to all patients Covishield vaccine.
The study also said that memory T-cell responses elicited by a single dose of the vaccine were significantly higher in the previously infected group compared to those with no prior infection.
Commenting on the impact this study has on the overall vaccine administration strategy, Dr. D Nageshwar ReddyPresident of AIG Hospitals and one of the study’s co-authors, said the results suggest that people who have been infected with COVID-19 do not need to take two doses of the vaccine because one dose can develop as strong an antibody and memory cell response as two doses for people who have not had the infection.
Dr. Reddy said that this will be of great help at a time when there is a shortage of vaccines in the country and more people can be covered by using the saved doses.
He further said, once the required number of people are vaccinated to achieve herd immunity, these patients who have been infected and have received only one dose can take the second dose of the vaccine.
At this point, all our strategies should be directed at wide distribution of available vaccines and covering maximum people with at least one dose, Dr Reddy said.