<span style="color: #222222;">Union Health Ministry's timely intervention ensured in mitigating the effects of the corona pandemic.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The Ministry has time and again taken several measures to communicate correct and verified information to the citizens.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">In an attempt to resolve several queries related to the COVID vaccination programme, the Centre used all possible mediums to reach out to the people and dispel all related myths.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent takes a look at one such frequently asked question by people with regard to the concern about amount of antibody generated by the COVID vaccines.</span><br />” <b><span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span></b><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Director at All India Institute of Medical Sciences , AIIMS New Delhi, Dr. Randeep Guleria has said that efficacy of vaccines should not be judged only by the amount of antibodies they are able to generate in the body.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">He informs that in addition to antibodies, Vaccines help in boosting immunity against specific infections through multiple other ways.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Dr. Guleria has said that like many other vaccines, COVID Vaccines also develop cell-mediated immunity and immunity through memory cells.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">These memory cells help generate more antibodies in case a person gets infected at a later stage.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Dr. Guleria affirmed that data available till now shows clearly that efficacy of all vaccines – whether COVAXIN, COVISHIELD or Sputnik V – are more or less equivalent.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Therefore he suggests to take whichever jab is available at the earliest and not pick , choose or wait for vaccine of preference.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Convenor of Empowered Group for National Vaccination programme Dr. V K Paul has also asserted that antibody test is not the right choice to judge the quality of immunity gained through the vaccination.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">He has strongly advised everyone to take the jabs including those who got infected and have successfully recovered from COVID-19.</span><br />” &nbsp;<br />