Kerala HC nullifies order permitting second vaccine to be administered before 84-day gap.

A division bench of Kerala high court on Friday nullified the single bench directive to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare “to make necessary provisions in the CoWIN portal to allow anyone who wanted to schedule the second dose four weeks after the first in terms of the original protocol for vaccination, to do so.”

The division bench of chief justice S Manikumar upheld the Union Government’s stand that the 84-day gap between two doses of the Covishield vaccine was fixed as per the recommendation of the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety. The Centre had told the court that the gap ensured better vaccine efficacy.