Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Higher Education and Acting Minister of Health and Population, announced the completion of updating the regulations for immunizing citizens with anti-virus vaccines. Corona.
Khaled Abdel Ghaffar explained that vaccination with the second dose of the anti-Coronavirus vaccines has become available in any vaccination center, without linking to a specific center.
The Minister added that it was decided to make vaccination available with the booster dose in any vaccination center, unless the citizen received a letter stating that he should go to a specific center.
He stressed that vaccination with the booster dose for those over 65 years old will be 3 months following the date of obtaining the last dose, while the booster dose for those under 65 years old will be following 6 months.
The minister noted that, according to the results of several scientific studies, it was decided to obtain the booster dose for those who received the “Johnson” vaccine only two months following the date of vaccination.