booster doses can still reduce the severity of the disease, experts are of the opinion that it may be time for governments to start thinking about second-generation vaccines.

I think a booster dose is not really going to hurt while as such. Again, you know, it can still reduce the severity of the disease.

But probably it is time for the government to think about second-generation vaccines, Prof. Kiran Kondabagil, Chief Scientific Mentor, HaystackAnalytics and Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bio-engineering, IIT Bombay, said.

He further elaborates, “I'm not saying, it is not going to help. But going forward with this statement, there are all the variants that are lurking in the background.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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