Greece will offer a second Covid-19 booster dose for people aged 60 and above, at least four months after the previous shot, Greek health officials said on Tuesday.
At a briefing, the head of Greece’s National Vaccination Committee Maria Theodoridou said that people who have completed their inoculation with a booster shot can get a second booster shot four months after the last one. Only Pfizer or Moderna vaccines are available for this, she noted.
Primary Care Health Secretary-General Marios Themistocleous said that the platform for the 4th-dose appointments will open on Thursday (April 7), beginning with those aged 80 and above, and roll out weekly with the lower age groups.
As he noted, at least 75.2% of the general population in Greece has received at least one vaccine shot, and 81.1% of the adult population has completed vaccination (against 83.1% of the EU average).
All vaccinations carried out in Greece against coronavirus total 20,590,000, he said.