Booster vaccine may be approved 9 months after second dose - Ministry of Health

03 December 2021, 17:48 | Health
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Ukraine may authorize a booster dose of coronavirus vaccine nine months after completion of the first course of immunization.

It will depend on the decision of the European Union, said the head of the Ministry of Health Viktor Lyashko at a briefing on the sidelines of the Verkhovna Rada.

According to Lyashko, now the European Union says that the EU will do a booster dose after nine months. Ukraine, on the other hand, coordinated electronic COVID certificates and the entire regulatory framework with the EU legislation, the minister noted..

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The Ministry of Health will separately come out with a position on a booster dose, the minister promised.

" The bulk of people began to get vaccinated in May, June, July.

Therefore, we still have time "

According to the minister, Ukraine is ready technically and in terms of the availability of vaccines at any time to launch booster vaccinations or expand the immunization campaign, in particular, to vaccinate the age category 12+ or even 5+ if the necessary drug is registered..

In mid-November it became known that the Ministry of Health does not intend to approve the booster with the AstraZeneca vaccine: hundreds of thousands more doses will be thrown away.

Lyashko announced the launch of booster doses approximately for January-February 2022. On the morning of December 3, 37% of adults were fully vaccinated in Ukraine. LIGABiznesInform informs about it..




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