1,152 Covid-19 vaccination doses administered on Tuesday
21 އޮކްޓޯބަރު 2021 | ބުރާސްފަތި 11:41Maldives launched the national vaccination drive on February 1
Maldives launched the national vaccination drive on February 1 | Tree top hospital
1,152 Covid-19 vaccination doses were administered across the nation on Tuesday.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) through its latest figures revealed that Tuesday saw 734 Greater Malé residents and 418 atoll residents inoculated.
As such, 95 first doses were administered to 70 residents across the capital region and 25 in outlying atolls, whereas 664 Greater Malé residents and 393 atolls residents received second doses totalling 1,057.
Under the government's "Covid-19 Dhifaau" inoculation drive, a total of 352,627 persons had completed both doses of the vaccine by Tuesday’s end, whereas the total number of persons who have received first doses nationwide currently sits at 393,813.
With this development, the total number of persons awaiting second doses of the Covid-19 vaccination nationwide has dropped further to 41,186.
There are currently three mobile teams across six vaccination centers in the capital region, as well as 176 vaccination centers spanning outlying atolls.
The incumbent administration of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih launched the “Covid-19 Dhifaau” inoculation drive on February 1.
Recently the government announced that booster shots of the Covid-19 vaccination will be administered to immunocompromised persons, seniors and frontline workers. This decision stems from recommendations from the Maldives Technical Advisory Group on Immunization. Pfizer will be administered as booster doses to those who have passed six months since completing second dose of the vaccination.
HPA announced restrictions for unvaccinated persons earlier, however, it has since been revealed that the implementation of the restrictions will be delayed, as the government is currently working on launching an adequate application through which unvaccinated persons may be tracked and monitored.
Restrictions that unvaccinated persons will be facing include a ban on domestic travel and disallowing tourists to check in to guesthouses if they are unvaccinated. Further, civil servants who have not been vaccinated yet will also be required to present negative PCR test results every 14 days.
Authorities continue to urge the public to receive their vaccination shots, in order to help curb complications from the virus.
