Saudi Health determines target groups included in third booster dose and date of vaccination

Muhammad Abdul-Aali, the official spokesperson for the Saudi Ministry of Health, announced the target groups and those covered by the vaccination of the third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, and he also spoke about the developments regarding the date of vaccination , and regarding the new epidemiology of the pandemic in the Kingdom in general, as he called during his press conference, All citizens and residents must supplement their doses by taking the second vaccination, in order to ensure a safe total, stressing the importance of the second dose, and also stressing the need to continue to adhere to precautionary measures and maintain social distancing, even if the pandemic ends in the country.

Target groups for the third dose

“Mohamed Abdelali”, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, revealed the target groups and those included in the third dose of vaccination, and these categories were as follows:

• People over the age of sixty.
• Patients with renal impairment.
• People who have had organ transplants.

He stressed that the priority in the third booster dose is for those who have taken the second dose at least eight months, knowing that the ministry will determine who is not allowed to vaccinate for the third time. for the elderly is determined based on the medical history of each individual.

The official spokesperson for the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reassured all citizens about the safety of the booster dose and that it has minor side effects, such as the first two doses vaccinated and vaccinated, and that it is a dose approved in the Kingdom and by the World Health Organization, and its advantage is that it increases the safety of the individual and does not catch the infection, and kills the epidemic if it enters the body of the individual.

It should be noted that the Kingdom is on the verge of eliminating Covid-19, after the number of injured has decreased and the rates of healing and elimination of infections have increased, as many regions, such as Al-Baha , did not register any new infection yesterday, and the Ministry of Health poses a new box. after two years of fighting with all parts of the country with it, and the booster dose is an additional factor to eliminate it.