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COVID-19: Only over 270 people received booster shot so far

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 09:47,

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS. Only over 270 people in Armenia received a booster shot against COVID-19 so far, according to health officials.

Svetlana Grigoryan, the Head of the Department of Immunology and Epidemiology for Manageable Infectious Diseases at Armenia’s National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) told ARMENPRESS that every day more and more vaccinated people are getting the booster shot.

“The boosters help vaccinated people be more protected from the coronavirus,” she said.

Although anyone above the age of 18 is eligible for the free booster shot, health authorities nevertheless prioritize those who are at-risk, such as the elderly, people with chronic diseases and health workers.

“The booster is a single-shot injection administered six months after the person received their second dose,” Grigoryan said.

According to an approved mechanism of compatibility, if for example a person has been vaccinated with Sputnik V then they are recommended to get the same vaccine as a booster, or the Sputnik Light, or an RNA vaccine such as Moderna. But nevertheless, people are still free to choose whatever vaccine they want as a booster.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS