KATHMANDU, JANUARY 29
The government has started administering booster dose vaccine against coronavirus to senior citizens aged above 60.
Assistant Spokesperson for Ministry of Health and Population Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari said that the ministry had begun inoculating booster dose to senior citizens above 60 and who have completed six months after receiving the second dose of the vaccine.
A ministerial meeting chaired by Health Minister Birodh Khatiwada yesterday decided to send a letter to the district health offices of all 77 districts to administer vaccines.
The ministry is administering vaccines to the senior citizens based on the recent recommendations of the World Health Organisation's Strategic Advisory Group of Expert on Immunisation and National Vaccination Advisory Committee.
The ministry has sent a letter to the district offices to administer Covishield or AstraZeneca vaccines to those who have already been inoculated with the full dose of Covishield or AstraZeneca or Moderna or Pfizer or Vero Cell and provide Covishield or AstreZeneca to those who are yet to get the second dose.
A version of this article appears in the print on January 30, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
