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A booster shot provides the same level of immunity against Covid-19 to people whose first two shots have been either inactivated or mRNA vaccines, a top virologist said.

A cocktail of Sinovac and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines was approved by the Public Health Ministry’s Immunity Promotion Subcommittee for children aged 12 to 17.

The Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Friday that it has approved the use of Sinovac and Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines in children aged six and above without adjustments to the dose.

Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will meet tomorrow (February 4) to consider approving the use of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines for children aged three and above, FDA secretary-general Dr Paisan Dankhum said on Wednesday.

Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul on Wednesday said that the Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines would be approved for children aged three years on Friday.

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Tuesday that his ministry is ready to start administering Sinovac jabs to children aged three and above as soon as it gets a green light from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

People given two jabs of Sinovac followed by a booster of AstraZeneca or Pfizer had high protection against the Omicron variant, renowned virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan said on Saturday.

The Public Health Ministry is urging people in risk groups, such as the elderly and those who need to take immunosuppressive drugs, to get a fourth vaccine dose three months after receiving the third dose to stimulate immunity against Covid-19, Department of Disease Control director-general Dr Opas Karnkawinpong said on Wednesday.

Three Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine jabs is another interesting option to deal with Omicron as it gives around 94 per cent protection against the virus, Public Health Commission vice chairman Dr Chalermchai Boonyaleephan claimed on Wednesday, citing a study.

The vaccine made by Sinovac Biotech, one of the most widely used in the world, doesnt provide sufficient antibodies in two doses to neutralize the omicron variant and boosters will likely be needed to improve protection, initial lab findings showed.

By the end of this year, Thailand will have procured 155.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, far exceeding the 100-million doses target the government had set in April.

Starting from Nov. 22, travelers who have received two jabs of Chinas Sinovac or Sinopharm Beijing vaccines will be considered fully vaccinated in Britain.