‘Young need to book date for booster shot’

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KUWAIT CITY, Jan 5: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health announced that people who are above 50 years of age and had two shots of Covid-19 vaccine are able to receive a booster jab without a prior appointment starting Monday. Younger people have to book an appointment for receiving the booster dose, spokesman of the Ministry Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad told a press conference on Sunday.

Vaccination is available at the medical centers of Jaber Bridge, Mishref and Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh youth center as well as public hospitals countrywide, he said. Dr. Al-Sanad noted that 115,024 people have got the booster jab over the last week, bringing the overall to 461,693. (KUNA)