Biological E's Corbevax gets a boost, as govt allows mixing vaccines

Health ministry nod to the Biological E vaccine as 3rd dose after Covishield or Covaxin, CoWIN to be updated within a week

The health ministry has approved Biological E’s Covid-19 vaccine Corbevax as the third shot after two doses of Covishield or Covaxin for all adults, clearing the decks for the first heterologous booster in India.

So far, India was using the same vaccine as the third dose or precaution shot (homologous boosting). Countries like the US and Canada have allowed mixing the mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna for booster doses.

Government sources on Wednesday confirmed that Corbevax has been approved as the booster shot or third dose after two doses of Covishield (Covid-19 vaccine made by Serum Institute of