Vice President Faisal Naseem has received his second Covishield vaccination dose.

In a Twitter post on Monday evening, VP Naseem confirmed that he had been administered his second dose of Covid-19 vaccination at Senahiya Hospital.

The vice president has urged all those who have received their first Covishield doses to seek their second shots if eight weeks have passed since receiving their first shot, in order “to protect yourself and your loved ones”.

The incumbent administration launched the inoculation drive with the intention to vaccinate the entire population against the coronavirus pandemic.

While authorities temporarily discontinued administering the first vaccination doses on March 15, they resumed the second round of first doses with the Sinopharm vaccination on March 22. The public health authorities began administering the second Covishield doses on April 3.

Maldives currently has 11 vaccination centers and four mobile teams working across the Greater Malé Region and 240 active vaccination centers across outlying atolls.

Alongside the Oxford AstraZeneca Covishield vaccination produced by India’s Serum Institute, the Food and Drug Authority has also authorized the use of Sinopharm vaccine produced by Beijing Bio-Institute of Biological Products of China and the Pfizer vaccine. Both are currently being administered.