A booster dose of the corona vaccine may be needed at any time next year. Guleria

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A booster dose of the Covid-12 vaccine may be needed at any time next year, said AIIMS, Delhi director Dr. Randeep Guleria said in an interview. However this will depend on how long the previously given two doses protect against illness and death.

Discussing the pediatric vaccine, he said it was recommended by some other countries, such as the United States. We are confident that vaccination of children will also be started soon. On Corona's final booster dose, Doe Guleria said the debate was ongoing.

In the last three hours, 18,203 new cases of corona have been reported in India. At the same time, the total number of corona cases in the country has increased to 2,31,8,6.

However, the death toll from the corona has risen to 2,3,7 so far, with 31 more people dying from the corona in the last three hours. However, Kerala has seen an increase in the number of deaths in the past, adding to the daily death toll, officials said in a statement. In Kerala, 4 people have been shown dead in the last 3 hours but in reality only 4 people have died in the last 3 hours.

On the other hand, the number of active cases has come down to 1,2,3. The number of active cases has come down by 114 in the last three hours.

The daily positive rate has been 1.16 per cent. While the weekly positive rate has been 1.6 percent. So far, the total number of doses of the vaccine has crossed 104.10 crore. In the last 3 hours, 12,50,17 tests were done on Corona. At the same time, the total number of corona tests in the country has increased to 2,7,41,60.

Out of the 21 deaths in the last four hours, six have occurred in Kerala and five in Maharashtra. The death toll in Maharashtra was 1,3,8, in Karnataka 4,008, in Tamil Nadu 2,008, in Kerala 4,8, in Delhi 4,061, in Uttar Pradesh 4,8 and in West Bengal 12,09.