Some Australian people will be able to get the fourth dose of vaccination for Covid-19 or even the fifth dose in rare cases. According to the reports, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has advised about the additional vaccine dose for some specific groups of people.

What you need to know about the ‘Winter Booster’ programme is described below:

Who can avail fourth Covid-19 Vaccination dose?

People who are at least 65 years old or more than this can avail this Covid Jab.

People who reside in nursing homes for aged people, or work in institutions for the disabled can also get this dose.

People who are at least 16 years old and more can go for this fourth shot, who have already been diagnosed as having severe immunodeficiency (when your immune system’s defenses are weakened, making it more difficult for it to battle infections and disease).

People who are at the age of 50s, and older who are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander can also take this shot.

COVID-19 poses the greatest risk of serious disease to those in these groups, according to the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI).

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Some critically immunocompromised persons who had three doses as part of their main immunization series, followed by a booster, are now eligible for their fifth shot. Thanks to this great initiative, that will save many lives.

After the Final Dose, how long do you have to wait?

If you’ve had COVID-19 since getting your booster injection, you’ll have to wait four months to have your booster shot.

In exceptional cases, people are able to get the vaccination sooner, but the waiting period cannot be less than three months.

Which vaccine should I get for my fourth dose?

ATAGI’s recommended vaccines are Pfizer and Moderna, which are both mRNA vaccines.

However, the AstraZeneca vaccine can be administered if a person is unable to receive an mRNA vaccine due to medical reasons or if they refuse one.

Novavax is also allowed for use as a fourth dosage, but unless no other vaccination is found appropriate for the individual.

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Mumbai police have arrested 4 people in connection with a vaccination scam with residents of a housing society in Mumbai’s Kandivali area. Police said the accused people have been charged under sections of cheating and fraud.

Police said they have arrested one person in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna in connection with the case, the accused identified as Karim. Police said when the scam in limelight, Karim have run away and left Mumbai due to fear of being arrest. He is suspected to be the supplier of Covid-19 vaccines in the area.

Mumbai police said the investigation is underway and those who are involved in the case will not be spared.

As part of a vaccination camp at Hiranandani Estate Society on May 30, almost 390 residents in the society were administered Covishield vaccines. But later society members found that the online portal Co-WIN did not have any record of the people who took part in the vaccination drive and got vaccinated.

Residents said after being vaccinated they were given vaccination certificates from different hospitals like Lifeline, Nanavati BMC vaccination center etc. Later, when people contacted the hospital to confirm if they got the real vaccine or not, hospitals said they did not provide any vaccines to the housing society.

Residents said that a man got in touch with society committee members pretending to be a representative of Kokilaben Ambani Hospital, another person Sanjay Gupta coordinated the vaccination drive, while a third person, Mahendra Singh, collected almost Rs 5 lakh in cash from the society members. Residents stated that they were given vaccines at Rs 1260 per dose.

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According to the Union Health Ministry’s data, more than 34.63 lakh COVID-19 jabs were administered in India on June 16, due to which the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country reached 26.55 crore.

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