Cyprus to suggest booster Covid shot after 5.5 somewhat than 6 months

Well being authorities in Cyprus are to formally announce quickly that individuals may get a Covid-19 booster shot after 5 and a half months from after they had their second vaccine.

The advice to date was to get it after six months however the detection of Omikron variant circumstances over the previous 24 hours appears to have prompted the upcoming change.

A spokesman for the Well being Ministry on Saturday additionally stated that – unofficially – folks can really get the booster shot after 5 months and two weeks at walk-in centres even now.

The Ministry urges folks to get the third dose since “it appears that evidently the third dose can deal with the virus lots higher”.