The Seychelles’ health authority is looking into the possibility of administering COVID-19 booster shots to curb community transmission in the island nation.
The Public Health Commissioner, Jude Gedeon, told a press conference on Thursday that “we are saying that six months after getting the second dose, we will see if a booster shot is necessary and if that is the case it will be given around August.”
Gedeon said that “vaccines that will be used for the booster has not been decided yet as we follow the guidelines of other countries that have the ability to do this kind of research. So this is being done for us to know what will be our next step.”
Currently, Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, is doing a survey to find out the immunity level in the community.
Seychelles rolled out its COVID-19 vaccination programme in January and to date, 66,543 people have been vaccinated which is 68 percent of the total population of 98,462. Three vaccines have been administered namely Sinopharm, Covishield and Sputnik V. Seychelles presently has 1,293 active cases and has recorded 46 deaths up to June 9. (SNA)