MoH: People over 65 to Receive Booster Shots after 3 Months from 2nd Dose

The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced on Friday that people over 65 years old can receive the booster COVID-19 shots after three months from being fully vaccinated.

The statement added that the main target of the third dose is increasing the elders' immunity against the Coronavirus.

It is worthy to mention that Egypt announced last week that a daily average of eight coronavirus infections had been reported over the past week, with the country’s daily infections dropping to their lowest levels since the start of the pandemic.

The country also reported a daily average of four coronavirus-related deaths from 30 April to 6 May, according to the ministry’s weekly update on the pandemic nationwide.

Furthermore, a daily average of 20 people were discharged from hospitals over the past seven days, bringing the total number of recoveries since the outbreak began in February 2020 up to 445,282.

More than 45 million people have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, and more than 34.5 million have been fully vaccinated.

Additionally, more than 2.69 million inpiduals have received their booster shots since the start of the country’s mass vaccination campaign last year.