In a televised press conference, Bennett said that the fourth dose of the vaccine, developed by Pfizer, was approved by the country's Health Ministry for people over 60 and medical personnel who received the third dose at least four months ago. He said that the additional booster would provid...
GENEVA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- On behalf of over 60 countries, China on Wednesday voiced concern over the inequitable allocation and unbalanced vaccination for COVID-19, saying that the "vaccine divide" is posing the biggest obstacle in defeating the pandemic. The world is still far behind sche...
China will expand the target population for COVID-19 vaccination to include elderly people aged over 60 years old, a health official said Wednesday. A medical worker inoculates a recipient with a COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary inoculation site in Haidian District in Beijing, capital of China,...
Similarly, real-life data fromIsraelsuggests that over-60s who received their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine in March 2021 were 1.6 times better protected against infection than those who received their second dose two months earlier. However, the data was less clear cut when looking across o...
Q&A on Second COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shot A villager over 60 years old receives a booster shot in Xiahe Village, Shenyang, Dec. 27, 2022. (PHOTO:VCG) Edited by BI Weizi Recently, the State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism issued a plan to deploy the ...
Greece imposes monthly fines of 100 euros on the over-60s who refuse a Covid vaccine Greece has announced mandatory vaccinations for older age groups from mid-January in an attempt to curb the number ofcoronavirusinfections in the country....
Is the vaccine bad for our bodies? Some people are afraid that the vaccines are dangerous and may make them feel bad. In fact, the vaccines have been tested for a long time. They won’t cause any disease. Instead, they can protect our bodies from being hurt. Who is suitable? Chinese...
How is the vaccine given? It is given by injection. There are several ways to get injected. For the most common way, you’re supposed to get it twice or three times. After the first injection, you have to get the second one or the third one. ...
JERUSALEM, April 14 (Xinhua) -- A new Israeli-led study has found that the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine is effective for protecting people who are 60 and older, Israel's largest healthcare organization Clalit said on Thursday.
PARIS, April 7 (Xinhua) -- France will offer a fourth COVID-19 vaccination shot to people over 60 years old who have already received their booster dose, a senior official said on Thursday. "We will be able to continue to provide the second booster dose for people aged 80 and above,"...