Amid rising of COVID-19 third wave, Bharat Biotech, the Hyderabad-based pharma company has stated the ideal amount of time required to receive the booster shot of coronavirus vaccine. On Wednesday, Bharat Biotech founder and Managing Director, Dr Krishna Ella said that an ideal time to receive a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine would be six months after receiving the second dose. Bharat Biotech is also developing a nasal vaccine after its success with Covaxin. The nasal vaccine is already done with its Phase -2 trial and further data is being analysed. He said that the nasal vaccine was more effective in preventing infection in the lungs as compared to the injected vaccine.

Source: dna November 11, 2021 09:30 UTC