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Deputy Minister: "At the next stage, other population contingents to be involved in the third dose of vaccine in Azerbaijan"

Headlines 18:29 12 Oct, 2021

"The third dose of vaccine is booster vaccine. Surely, its importance has been approved", Viktor Gasimov said

Deputy Minister: "At the next stage, other population contingents to be involved in the third dose of vaccine in Azerbaijan"

"The third dose of vaccine is booster vaccine. Surely, its importance has been approved", Viktor Gasimov, Deputy Minister of Health told journalists, Qazet.az reports.

He noted that after this vaccine, immunity increases significantly: "That is why, we have recommended that at the first stage, people over the age of 60 and those including in the risky group should be vaccinated. At the next stage, other population contingents will be also involved in this", he said.