Modern instead of Pfizer in Covid Ticker Booster Dose

 Modern instead of Pfizer in Covid Ticker Booster Dose.

Modern instead of Pfizer in Covid Ticker Booster Dose

The Department of Health has ordered modern vaccines instead of Pfizer as a booster dose of coronavirus vaccines at vaccination centers across the country.

Only school and college going students need to save Pfizer vaccine as second dose for first and second dose and for those who got first dose Pfizer.

The directive was issued on Wednesday to directors of various government medical college hospitals, chief health officers of city colleges, government general hospitals, district headquarters hospitals, 250-bed hospitals, civil surgeons, upazila health and family welfare officers and medical officers of all municipalities.

Modern instead of Pfizer in Covid Ticker Booster Dose

MNC&AH line director of the health department and member secretary of the Covid-19 vaccine management task force committee Dr. Md. The directive sent by Shamsul Haque said, "In the Covid-19 vaccination program, instructions have been given to give modern Covid-19 vaccine instead of Pfizer as the third dose subject to vaccination at all levels of the country."

"The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is only recommended for both school and college-going students (12-16 year olds) and for those who have received the Pfizer vaccine as the first dose.

On December 26, the Department of Health started giving booster doses of coronavirus vaccine across the country. Coronavirus vaccine booster doses are being given to people over the age of 60 who are at the forefront of the fight against covid. They can take a booster dose or a third dose six months after the second dose of the vaccine.

The hospital from which he had earlier taken two doses of vaccine is sending an SMS informing the date of booster dose on his mobile. I have to go to that center on the scheduled day and take the third dose.

Modern instead of Pfizer in Covid Ticker Booster Dose

Pfizer, Modernna, Astrageneca, Synoform and Synovac are now being vaccinated in the country as first and second doses. However, the National Immunization Technical Committee-Nightag has recommended Pfizer, Moderna or AstraZeneca as booster doses.

As of Wednesday, 5,40,526 people across the country had been given booster doses, according to the Department of Health. Among them, the highest number of 2 lakh 80 thousand 462 people got the Pfizer vaccine.

In addition, 2,46,330 Oxford-AstraZeneca and 22,834 modern vaccines were given as booster doses.

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