Booster dose for more in Bahrain

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Bahrain’s new decision opens up the booster vaccination registration to those who has completed at least six months after taking both doses of Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca (Covishield) vaccines.

Eligible groups, the Health Ministry says, are those 60 years and above and suffering from immunodeficiency diseases.

The ministry also said that those who qualify for the booster dose could take the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine or the same vaccine used for first and second jabs as a booster dose.

Starting 1 October 2021, all those eligible for booster doses will have their shield on the BeAware app turned yellow automatically.

It will return to green only after receiving the booster shot.

Registration is available both on the BeAware Application and the website healthalert.gov.bh.

Earlier, booster doses were available to those, who are 40 years and older, and took both doses of the Sinopharm vaccine.

The National Taskforce, at that time, said their goal is to administer booster shots to 95,000 individuals aged 40 and above to reach a target of 80%.

The Taskforce, on Tuesday, also revealed that 75% of eligible individuals aged 40 years and above had received a booster dose. Bahrain, the Taskforce statement had said, will re-adopt its green alert level into its COVID-19 alert system modelled on the traffic light system from the 3rd of next month.