Booster shots eligible after three months from second Covid-19 vaccine dose, says Vietnam health ministry


A vaccination site offering third Covid-19 vaccine doses for frontline workers at Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City, on December 10, 2021. HCM City was the first in the country to start giving booster shots. - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, Dec 20 (Vietnam News/ANN): The Vietnamese health ministry has reduced the waiting time between the second Covid-19 vaccine dose of the primary course and the booster shot.

Instead of six months, the latest booster guidelines say the third jab can be administered just three months after people received their second shot.

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