KATHMANDU, Jan 3: Government has decided to provide a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to patients of six different types of disease and people above 60 years of age. While avoiding calling it a booster dose, the Ministry of Health and Population has called it just an additional dose of vaccine.
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The third dose of vaccine will be provided to the people who have low immunity power to fight against serious diseases like COVID-19, active cancer patients, those who have undergone kidney transplant, people suffering from HIV/AIDS. People receiving immunosuppressive medicines and those above 60 years of age earlier receiving Verocell and Sinopherm vaccines are eligible to receive the third dose of COVID-19 vaccines, according to the latest government decision.
