AMMAN — A
total of 280,000 people have received the booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine,
the
Ministry of Health revealed on Sunday.
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Secretary-General
of the Ministry of Health for Epidemiological Affair Adel Balbisi told the
Jordan News Agency, Petra, that the increased demand on vaccinations is
"promising", calling on the public to receive their jab if they have
not already done so, as “the booster shot reduces the severity of infection and
death rate”.
He said the booster
shot can be taken by those who have received both doses of the vaccine at least
three months earlier to increase their immunity to 80 percent, especially
against the Omicron variant. He said that two doses of the vaccine provide 40
percent immunity against the Omicron variant, while the third dose provides 80
percent against the variant.
The Ministry of
Health, he indicated, is conducting tests on a large number of citizens to
assess the pandemic curve and accordingly enforce any required measures to
safeguard the health of Jordanians.
In separate remarks
to Al-Ghad News, Balbisi said that the measures taken by the government have
contributed to lowering the number of COVID-19 infections, adding that Jordan
has transited the peak of the third (current) wave, and that
COVID-19 cases
have seen a gradual decline during the past few days.
According to
Balbisi, there are at present only 850 hospitalized cases, which is an
indicator of an epidemiological stability in Jordan.
Balbisi also
assured that “it is okay to mix vaccines — the type of the two shots previously
taken can be different from the booster”.
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