The government has announced timings booster shots of the Covid-19 vaccination will be administered across the Maldives capital.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) revealed that walk-in for booster doses will be open for residents who wish to acquire a third dose, from Saturday to Thursday.

The shots will be administered at ADK Hospital and Hulhumalé Hospital, as well as Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH).

ADK Hospital will be administering Pfizer doses from 9am to 12pm from Saturday to Thursday.

Hulhumalé Hospital will be open from 11am to 12pm through Saturday to Thursday and IGMH will be administering Pfizer doses from 10am to 2pm every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on an appointment-only basis.

Further, HPA revealed that Dhamanaveshi will be administering AstraZeneca doses from 9am to 3pm on an appointment-only basis.

Other vaccination centers administering AstraZeneca include Hulhumalé Hospital from 9:30am to 10:30 am, IGMH from 10am to 2pm on appointment-only basis every Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays and Villimalé center from 9am to 1pm every Tuesday with appointments by the hospital.

Sinopharm doses will be administered at Senahiya from 8:30am to 9:30am.

The government earlier announced the decision to administer booster shots of the Covid-19 vaccination, to immunocompromised persons, seniors and frontline workers.

The decision to administer booster shots to frontliners and those at high-risk of complications from Covid-19 who have received both doses of Covid-19 vaccine, comes following recommendations from the Maldives Technical Advisory Group on Immunization.

The decision backs the findings of extensive research by relevant authorities as well.

Booster doses will be given to those who have passed six months since completing second dose of the vaccination.

Those who will be eligible to receive booster shots include individuals who have undergone an organ transplant, those on immunosuppressant drugs, long-term steroids as well as patients undergoing dialysis.

Further, cancer patients and those who had finished their treatment less than an year ago, those who are overweight, those taking oxygen therapy at home, patients of pulmonary diseases, liver diseases, diabetics and even those who are bedridden due to illness.