Fourth dose in the pipeline for medical staff, certain patients
A Department of Disease Control (DDC) subcommittee on Immunisation has initially approved the fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine for medical and public health personnel, front line health staff, patients with chronic diseases and those taking immunosuppressants, DDC director-general Dr Opas Karnkawinpong said on Wednesday.
The fourth dose will be administered three months after the third jab.
For example, those who received Sinovac as their first and second doses, and AstraZeneca as the third, will likely get AstraZeneca or Pfizer as the fourth shot, Dr Opas said.
A resolution will be drafted and presented to the National Communicable Disease Committee at a meeting with the Public Health minister on December 24.
