Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) has announced that frontline medical staff will be given a booster shot of AstraZeneca vaccine this week.
DDC deputy director-general Dr. Sophon Iamsirsithavorn said a panel of experts has recommended a third dose for medical workers, because over 600, who received two doses of China’s Sinovac vaccine, have been infected with COVID-19.
According to the DDC, two medical staff have died from COVID-19 after getting the Sinovac vaccine, including a nurse in a private hospital who died despite having completed her vaccinations.
Dr. Sophon said that is the reason the department needs to give a third shot, to boost the immunity of medical staff, is because nurses and nursing assistants are at the highest risk of COVID-19 infections among medical staff, at 54%, followed by 7% for doctors and dentists. (NNT)
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