Sri Lankan Health Authorities urge the public to get the second booster dose (fourth dose) of COVID 19 vaccine without any delay.
The Health Ministry said that the public interest in getting the second booster dose is still at a minimum level and as per the statistics of the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry only 11,197,563 doses have been given, which includes 11,184,014 doses of Snopharm and 13,549 doses doses of Pfizer.
According to the health authorities, anyone over 20 years can obtain the fourth dose of the COVID vaccine. It has been recommended for persons over 60 years and those suffering from chronic medical conditions, which are a high-risk group, to urgently obtain the fourth dose.
Anyone over 20 years can obtain the fourth dose by the Medical Officer of Health after receiving a date and time.
Nearly 16 million people have received the first dose while about 14 million people have received the second dose.
About eight million people have received the third dose while approximately 13,700 have received the fourth dose.
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