By Buddhika SamaraweeraThe administration of the US-German Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to frontline health workers under the programme of administering a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccines is to commence today (1). He said that as the third Covid-19 vaccine dose, the Pfizer vaccine is planned to be given to those working in the health, army, police, airports, ports and tourism sectors at the initial stage. “After that, the third dose of Covid-19 vaccine will be administered to people over the age of 60. He added that the third dose is planned to be given six months after the provision of the second Covid-19 vaccine dose. The State Ministry of Production, Supply, and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals has recently placed an order of 14 million Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines needed for the programme of administering a third dose of Covid-19 vaccines.

Source: The Nation October 31, 2021 22:31 UTC