BRASILIA, June 2 (Xinhua) — The Brazilian authorities plans to approve the applying of the second booster dose towards COVID-19 for people over 50 years outdated, Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga stated Thursday.
“The second booster dose was approved for these over 60 years outdated (in May), and shall be prolonged to these over 50,” he instructed the press from Brasilia, including that particulars shall be launched in a technical word within the coming hours.
In approving the second booster dose, the Health Ministry really useful that it’s administered 4 months after the primary.
This comes at a time when the South American nation is registering a rise within the variety of COVID-19 circumstances, deaths and hospitalizations, whereas states and municipalities are as soon as once more urging the usage of masks in closed areas.
To date, 166.1 million people (77.4 p.c of the inhabitants) in Brazil are totally vaccinated, whereas nearly 93 million have gotten at the least one booster dose and three.5 million two booster doses.
