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‘Much better than Covishield’: Govt panel director recommends Covovax as booster

With the World Health Organization (WHO) granting emergency approval to Covovax, a top Indian government scientist has recommended that it be used as a booster shot to counter the threat posed by the emerging omicron variant of coronavirus.

Anurag Agrawal, one of the directors of the government's genome sequencing monitoring agency INSACOG (Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium), said Covovax “induces a strong immune response and has an excellent safety profile.”