‘Nine-month wait for booster shot too long, anti-science’

Noted Gujarati-origin clinical immunologist and immunopathologist Professor Pravin Hissaria has strong words for “whoever has advised” the Central government to offer booster shots to people nine months after he or she was administered the second shot of the vaccine. The India-born, Adelaide, Australia-based public health specialist was the one who created the protocol early last year for … Continue reading ‘Nine-month wait for booster shot too long, anti-science’

Bracing for Omicron, the New Covid Variant

(Illustration: Saurabh Singh) SOUTH AFRICA CERTAINLY deserves praise for alerting the rest of the world on time about the presence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19 B.1.1529). One of the two countries, along with Botswana, where the strain possibly originated, it was soon targeted by dozens of countries for travel bans and restrictions, … Continue reading Bracing for Omicron, the New Covid Variant