Baiyun offers COVID-19 booster shots

A person is vaccinated at the Baiyun Hospital Affiliated to Guizhou Medical University. [Photo/gybyzw]

Baiyun district in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, has begun offering COVID-19 booster shots to people amid rising evidence of the effectiveness of an additional dose to improve immunity.

The move was officially made on Oct 12.

Booster shot receivers are people over 18 who were originally vaccinated with a one-dose adenovirus novel coronavirus vaccine or two-dose inactivated virus novel coronavirus vaccine more than six months ago.

Zhuang Hai, deputy chief physician of Baiyun Hospital Affiliated to Guizhou Medical University, is interviewed by reporters. [Photo/gybyzw]

Zhuang Hai, deputy chief physician of the Baiyun Hospital Affiliated to Guizhou Medical University, said that booster shots can reduce the infection rate of novel coronavirus, especially the severe disease rate and fatality rate for patients with chronic diseases and the elderly.