HEALTH
JERUSALEM: Israel is planning to start preparations to administer a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine, ignoring the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) call for a moratorium on boosters to help shift Covid vaccine supply to countries with low access, media reports said.
Israel has been among the first to accomplish administering two-shots to a majority of its citizens as well as to roll out a third booster dose.
On Saturday, the country’s national coronavirus czar called for the country to begin making preparations to eventually administer fourth doses of the coronavirus vaccine, The Times of Israel reported.
This story is from the September 06, 2021 edition of The New Indian Express Chennai.
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