MUMBAI : The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Maharashtra government if citizens, who had received both doses of COVID-19 vaccine, will need a third dose or a booster shot of the vaccine anytime in future.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni said that at a recent meeting with the state government, the Maharashtra COVID-19 task force had mentioned that despite having taken both doses of Covishield or Covaxin, citizens might need a third or a booster shot of vaccine to protect themselves from several variants of the coronavirus. "Please check how far is a third or booster dose necessary," the HC said. "The state task force had said a third dose might be required to be taken 10 months from receiving the