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Indian man has taken at least eight Covid jabs
A man in India got jabbed with a Covid-19 vaccine at least eight times last year, a health official said. Brahmdeo Mandal, 65, has claimed that he received 11 doses of the vaccine in Bihar state.
The retired postman said the jabs had helped him to get rid of aches and pains and "stay healthy". He claimed he had not suffered any adverse effects. Mr Mondal was finally stopped from taking what he claimed was his 12th jab at a camp last week.
A probe is underway to find out how Mr Mandal, who lives with his family in Madhepura district, managed to get multiple jabs. "We have already found evidence that he took eight jabs from four places," Amarendra Pratap Shahi, civil surgeon of Madhepura, told the BBC.
Since vaccination began on 16 January last year, India has been mainly administering two locally-manufactured vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin. The two-dose vaccines have a gap from 12-16 weeks and four to six weeks after the first dose respectively.
Vaccination is voluntary, and more than 90,000 centres, mostly state-run, are offering jabs across the country.
These include vaccination camps offering walk-in jabs without prior online registration. The beneficiary needs to furnish identity proof - a biometric card, voter ID or driving licence, among 10 documents - to register.
The data gathered from the sites is uploaded to India's vaccine portal, CoWin.
A man in India got jabbed with a Covid-19 vaccine at least eight times last year, a health official said. Brahmdeo Mandal, 65, has claimed that he received 11 doses of the vaccine in Bihar state.
The retired postman said the jabs had helped him to get rid of aches and pains and "stay healthy". He claimed he had not suffered any adverse effects. Mr Mondal was finally stopped from taking what he claimed was his 12th jab at a camp last week.
A probe is underway to find out how Mr Mandal, who lives with his family in Madhepura district, managed to get multiple jabs. "We have already found evidence that he took eight jabs from four places," Amarendra Pratap Shahi, civil surgeon of Madhepura, told the BBC.
Since vaccination began on 16 January last year, India has been mainly administering two locally-manufactured vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin. The two-dose vaccines have a gap from 12-16 weeks and four to six weeks after the first dose respectively.
Vaccination is voluntary, and more than 90,000 centres, mostly state-run, are offering jabs across the country.
These include vaccination camps offering walk-in jabs without prior online registration. The beneficiary needs to furnish identity proof - a biometric card, voter ID or driving licence, among 10 documents - to register.
The data gathered from the sites is uploaded to India's vaccine portal, CoWin.
