All except four groups of people which include under 12 year olds and 18-59 year olds who received their BioNTech jabs and aren’t subject to higher Covid-19 risk can now register to take their booster shots.
COVID-19 vaccines
Over-60s can get inoculated with same vaccine if they face increased risk; all results from Sunday’s NAT drive reported negative.
Health chief admits ‘We don’t know what to do’ with those who refuse to get inoculated as overall city vaccination rate hovers below 50 per cent.
SMS sent to everyone in the city – ‘Please get vaccinated now’ – however compulsory inoculation is not seen as likely.
University of Macau teams finds that people want to be rewarded for getting vaccinated and want trusted information about the pros and cons of inoculation.
Relatively few react badly to vaccination, according to medical experts, who point to the success of the inoculation programme so far.
After halting the German-made jabs on Wednesday, government has yet to announce when it will restart the full vaccination programme.
The senior citizen is Macao’s first case of an adverse reaction following vaccination, which officials have been quick to play down.
Vaccination drive widens its net, as health officials make haste to point out nobody in Macao has suffered any serious effects after being inoculated.