Senior citizens get booster dose of COVID vaccine

The second dose of vaccine for citizens aged above 65 years with AstraZeneca vaccine has started from Monday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), initially the campaign will be conducted at vaccination sites in Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces followed by Provinces 1 and 2. The MoHP has requested all to follow the health safety standards at the vaccination sites.

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Minister Giri's instructions to arrange 'booster dose' immediately

Padam Giri has directed to immediately arrange for the booster dose in addition to the vaccine used against the corona virus infection.

COVID-19 booster dose to children from today

KATHMANDU, June 10: The government is administering COVID-19 booster dose to children from Friday.  According to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), children aged between 12 to 17 years will be inoculated with the dose from today. All children who received their second COVID-19 vaccine three months ago are eligible for the booster dose, according to an official at the Health Ministry. Children can visit health institutions or vaccine centers nearby to receive the vaccine.

France to start administering 4th COVID-19 vaccine dose

France will start offering on Monday a fourth COVID-19 vaccination shot to people over 80 years old who have received their booster dose.

Lalitpur metropolis administering Covid-19 vaccine booster dose from today

Lalitpur Metropolitan City is administering Covid-19 vaccine booster dose from today.

Lalitpur to give booster dose from tomorrow

The Lalitpur Metropolitan City to give booster dose vaccine against COVID-19 from Tuesday.

COVID-19 booster dose to be provided to fully vaccinated senior citizens

KATHMANDU, December 9: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) is to administer a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens, who are already vaccinated with full-dose of the vaccine.  The Ministry, on the recommendation of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee, is going to provide a booster dose to senior citizens above 60 years.   Chief of the Family Welfare Division of Department of Health Services, Dr Bibek Kumar Lal, shared that senior citizens above 60 years and already vaccinated with full-dose of vero cell, have started getting booster dose.  At a regular press briefing organised at the Ministry on Wednesday, he said that the WHO has recommended administering a booster dose to those citizens, who have already received full-dose of vero cell vaccine and are above 60 years.  The Advisory Committee has recommended a booster dose to all the people above 60 years and vaccinated with full-dose of vero cell  after three months of receiving the vaccine in Nepal. RSS

Pfizer says its vaccine booster restores full protection against COVID-19

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22: Pfizer and BioNTech announced Thursday that a large-scale trial of their COVID-19 vaccine booster showed it restored full protection against the disease. In a Phase 3 randomized, controlled trial, a Pfizer-BioNTech booster dose was administered to more than 10,000 individuals 16 years of age and older, who previously received the Pfizer-BioNTech primary two-dose series. It showed a relative vaccine efficacy of 95.6 percent when compared to those who did not receive a booster. These are the first efficacy results from any randomized, controlled COVID-19 vaccine booster trial. "These results provide further evidence of the benefits of boosters as we aim to keep people well-protected against this disease," said Albert Bourla, Pfizer chairman and chief executive officer. Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the booster shots for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, allowing a single booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine be administered at least 6 months after completion of the primary series to individuals 65 years of age and older, and 18 through 64 years of age with frequent institutional or occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2.