Doctors' forum writes to health minister seeking booster dose for frontline workers Earlier this month, a doctors' forum in the state wrote to Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya requesting the rollout of a booster Covid-19 dose for frontline workers.
The West Bengal Doctors Forum (WBDF) in its two-page letter expressed apprehension that the efficacy of the two jabs which are being administered now will "not go further over time".
The medicos cited studies stating that administration of booster doses is an effective measure to prevent Covid infection by maintaining the vaccine efficacy. “We are all aware that efficacy of vaccines goes no further over time and due to that, numerous healthcare workers may contract the disease in their