Italy approves fourth dose of covid vaccine for over-60s
Italy has started to offer a fourth dose of the covid vaccine or 'second booster' to the over-60s, Italian health minister Roberto Speranza said on Monday.
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Italy has started to offer a fourth dose of the covid vaccine or 'second booster' to the over-60s, Italian health minister Roberto Speranza said on Monday.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has stopped short of urging Australia's vaccine advisory panel to introduce a fourth dose for healthcare workers as he flagged a potential new booster shot designed specifically for the Omicron subvariants.
Hanoi is considering injecting the second booster dose, or the fourth dose, of COVID-19 vaccines to vulnerable adults or those who jobs put them at high risk for exposure to COVID-19, starting this month.
Many countries are offering fourth doses of the vaccines, but most are for at-risk groups like the elderly.
1. Patients receiving the fourth dose of BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) showed reduced rates of symptomatic Covid-19 infection and hospitalization compared to their matched control over 30 days of follow-up. 2. Patients receiving the fourth dose of BNT162b2 were shown to have a lower rate of death compared to their matched control over 30 days of follow-up. […]