Tunis (UNA-OIC) – The Scientific Committee for the Fight Against the Coronavirus approved, at its periodic meeting on Tuesday, the decision to administer a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to people aged 75 and above.
The official spokesperson for the committee, Jalila Ben Khelil, told Agence Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) that a third booster dose will be administered soon to the group aged 75 years and older and will later be generalized to people aged 50 years and above.
She noted that a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will also be administered to people with chronic diseases that cause a decline in immunity and will be generalized thereafter to various patients with chronic diseases, as well as health professionals whose first jab dates back to March 2021.