Thai elderly can choose half dose COVID vaccine boosters to reduce side effects

14 Sept 01:59 Key points summarised by AI

Thai public health officials now offer elderly individuals a half-dose COVID-19 booster option to alleviate side effect worries, aiming to increase low booster uptake among this vulnerable group before the Songkran holidays.
This strategy seeks to reduce severe illness and death, particularly as unvaccinated elderly account for a significant portion of fatalities, and the ministry also plans to shorten COVID-19 hospital stays to 7 days plus 3 days home isolation.

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