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authors: Boratne, Abhijit V.; Bahurupi, Yogesh; Mishra, Amrit
title: Are you vaccinated correctly? – Addressing the concerns surfacing over COVID-19 vaccination in India
date: 2022-01-31
journal: J Family Med Prim Care
DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1397_21
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doc_id: 734999
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Generally, the administration of an extra dose of the same or different kinds of COVID-19 vaccine can occur under several scenarios: (1) Due to systematic and technical errors (e.g., healthcare providers, inadequate documentation, or patient recall errors). (2) The rush of patients in a healthcare facility may overwhelm the staff and lead to unwitting administration of extra doses to vaccine recipients. (3) When vaccinating individuals with a doubtful vaccination history, especially in the case of tribals with missing records and unknown immune status. [3] Avoidance of such an error is necessary because, in the future, we may have many other vaccines at our disposal. Their composition may vary and there may be complications associated with wrong administration due to the interchanging of vaccines. For instance, in addition to COVAXIN and COVISHIELD vaccines, our government gave the nod to the Sputnik V vaccine for emergency use. It is developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute, part of the Russian Ministry of Health. It is composed of two doses, each with separate adenovirus strains. [4] Any change in this vaccine dosing or interchanging it with another vaccine may lead to lower efficacy.

Additionally, fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination campaigns have surfaced. In June 2021, around 2,000 people from Mumbai and over 500 people from Kolkata have been victims of such fraud. The recipients in both cases were given fake vaccine doses and they did not receive any acknowledgement communication from CoWIN, India's IT platform for the vaccination drive. The Union Health Ministry reached these states and is yet to arrive at a strategy to manage the vaccination of these victims. [5] Strategies 

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