TIRANA, October 1 /ATA/ Deputy Minister of Health Eugena Tomini said last night in television that the Technical Committee of Experts is discussing the application of a third dose of vaccine to persons over 65 years of age.
Invited to a TV studio, Tomini said that, “Currently, the supply is greater than the demand, so there are vaccine doses available”.
“Certainly, there is an attempt to increase the vaccine coverage which is 43% of people getting one dose and 35% with both doses. Meanwhile, by the end of December we have a new contract regarding ‘Pfizer'”, she said.
Tomini stressed that, “The Technical Committee has given opinions and discusses against the alternatives of a third dose over the age of 65”.
She also said that, “Different protocols applied in the world have made the combination of vaccines of different types. Even Turkey, after two doses of Sinovac has applied Pfizer”, said Tomini, while adding that “in Albania no vaccine has gone in vain, so far”. /m.m/j.p/p.s./
