BANGKOK, Feb 1 (TNA) – The Central Vaccination Center at the Bang Sue Grand Station invites people to receive the Pfizer vaccine as their fourth jab of COVID-19 vaccination.
Dr Mingkwan Wichaidit, director of the vaccination center, said the center today started to give the fourth jab to mobile phone-based registrants and allow recipients who got the third or the fourth dose to choose if they would obtain a half dose or a full dose injected under their skin or into their muscle.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation already approved the administration of half a dose of an mRNA vaccine and the injection under the skin. The center used the vaccine of Pfizer for the purpose.
Studies in Thailand and other countries found that half a dose and a full dose were equally effective. The administration of half a dose saved vaccines and reduced side effects, Dr Mingkwan said.
The director of the Central Vaccination Center also said that COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 5-11 years could be reserved through mobile phone operators from Feb 8 onwards and would start on Feb 10 for 5,000 young recipients a day.
At present, the center inoculated 30,000 people a day including about 7,500 recipients of the fourth dose, she said. (TNA)
