Thiruvananthapuram : The third Covid shot or Precaution dose will be administered across state starting Monday. Eligible for the booster shot are : healthcare workers, Covid frontline workers, residents aged above 60 with comorbidities and those with underlying medical conditions. Roughly 5.55 lakh health workers and 5.71 Covid frontline workers are estimated to receive booster dose.
Boosters will be available at centres where adolescent vaccines are administered. A nine month gap after 2nd Covid dose is essential to receive booster shot
Blue color boards will be hung outside vaccine centres or elderly citizens. These boards will be put up as indicators at the main gate, registration counter and the vaccination room. Care should be taken to ensure one does not take the 2nd dose the second time instead of the booster. Vaccine registration be done directly at the centre, online mode is preferable though.
