The Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP) is considering the possibility of launching a COVID-19 revaccination campaign for the vulnerable segments of the population.
Revaccination is the act of administering a vaccine again some period after an initial vaccination especially to strengthen or renew the immune response
But before that, at least six million people in Tajikistan must be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Navrouz Jafarov, an official with a MoHSPP, told Asia-Plus in an interview.
According to him, 12 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines are needed to fully vaccinate those six million people against COVID-19. “To-date, Tajikistan has received more than 8.4 million doses of various COVID-19 vaccines, including CoronaVac, AstraZeneca, Moderna, Pfizer and Sputnik V,” Tajik health official noted.
According to statistical data from the MoHSPP, 58.1 percent of Tajikistan’s adult population has been vaccinated against COVID-19 to date. As of December 15, 3,386,686 people have been vaccinated in the country; 2,754,739 (47.3 percent) of them have got both COVID-19 vaccine shots.
In Tajikistan, COVID-19 vaccination is compulsory for people aged 18 and over.
