Booster shots against Covid for Phuket’s elderly

PHUKET: A campaign to provide a third shot of vaccine against Covid-19 to elderly people and others in the “608 group” in this southern island ahead of the Songkran Festival will start on March 21, provincial health office chief Kusak Kukiattikoon said.

This group comprises people aged 60 years and over, people with chronic diseases and pregnant women.

Dr Kusak said that 92.88% of Phukt’s population had now received the first shot of Covid vaccine, 87.48% the second shot, and 67.92% the booster or third shot.

The province planned to increase the third shot to at least 70%.

He said the provincial health office had selected about 20,000 names in the 608 group to get the booster shots. Their names would be distributed to all tambon hospitals and health officials would…