Fourth dose of vaccination recommended to prevent coronavirus spread

The Report Desk

Published: November 30, 2022, 12:41 PM

Fourth dose of vaccination recommended to prevent coronavirus spread

The government's National Technical Advisory Committee on Covid-19 has recommended the fourth dose of vaccination after the booster dose to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Director of Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) Shamsul Haque on Wednesday shared this information.

Fourth dose of covid-19 vaccines are safe and provide a substantial boost to antibody concentrations and cellular immunity.

The director of the health department also said that, there is enough vaccine for the fourth dose. 'We are going to start the second and booster dose program in a special 7-day campaign across the country. The program will run from December 1 to December 7. On this occasion, the vaccination target has been set at 9 million doses. 17 thousand 116 teams will work in the campaign, he added. 

 

 

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