Pfizer booster shots for all before March
The Health Ministry has acquired the needed doses of the
Pfizer vaccine to complete administering a booster shot to all those above the
age of 20 years by March, a senior health official told media yesterday.
The booster Pfizer shot will be given to all those above 20,
irrespective of the vaccines they have been administered with. Initially, there
were reports that those who had been administered the Sinopharm vaccines will
be given a third Sinopharm booster shot, but health experts dismissed these
reports saying that even those who had been administered the Sinopharm would be
given Pfizer as a third shot.
The Health Ministry is now gearing up to roll out the
booster shots to those above the age of 60 and those with core morbidities by
November and this programme will then roll out to the other categories. Health
experts assured that the needed number of Pfizer vaccines to administer it to
all the targeted population had been acquired and the country would not face a
shortage.
Further, children above 12 years are also likely to be
administered the Pfizer vaccines but will only receive one dose due to their
age. The youngsters who will receive the booster shot will have to wait for six
months since the date of their second dose while the elderly and those with
illnesses and comorbidities will be administered the doses earlier
Source Dailymirror
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