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3rd dose begins today with health workers

01 Nov 2021

  • Army, police, airports, ports and tourism sectors next up
By Buddhika Samaraweera  The administration of the US-German Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to frontline health workers under the programme of administering a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccines is to commence today (1).  An official of the Ministry of Health confirmed this to The Morning. Meanwhile, speaking at a media briefing yesterday (31 October), the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr. Asela Gunawardena explained the priority order in which the third dose of Covid-19 vaccine would be administered.  He said that as the third Covid-19 vaccine dose, the Pfizer vaccine is planned to be given to those working in the health, army, police, airports, ports and tourism sectors at the initial stage. “After that, the third dose of Covid-19 vaccine will be administered to people over the age of 60. Then it will be given to people between the ages of 30 and 60 and finally to everyone over the age of 20,” he said.  He added that the third dose is planned to be given six months after the provision of the second Covid-19 vaccine dose.  The State Ministry of Production, Supply, and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals has recently placed an order of 14 million Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines needed for the programme of administering a third dose of Covid-19 vaccines. The Health Ministry earlier last month announced that the Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) has made a preliminary recommendation to administer a third dose of Covid-19 vaccines to all those over the age of 20 using the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.  


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