Covid-19: WHO vaccine advisers recommend third dose for over-60s jabbed with Sinopharm, Sinovac


GENEVA (AFP): The World Health Organisation's vaccine advisers on Monday (Oct 11) recommended people with weaker immune systems should be offered an additional dose of all authorised Covid-19 vaccines.

The UN health agency's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation (SAGE) also said over-60s who have been fully immunised with China's Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccine should be offered an additional third Covid-19 vaccine dose.

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