Oman: Oman health official says free booster dose only for locals “Foreigners are not currently receiving booster doses from field hospitals, public hospitals or clinics,” he said. Nihal Afifi informed. You can rely on private hospitals or clinics for booster dose. Authorities in Oman have been instructed to take the booster in the wake of more reported covid cases and omikron reports. In addition, people over the age of 18 were allowed to take the third dose. The third dose is the Pfizer-Biotech vaccine.
Many foreigners visit government hospitals in various governorates for booster doses. But from here foreigners are given only one or two doses. A total of 95,277 people in Oman are taking the booster dose. About 90 percent of foreigners take the first dose, and 80 percent take the second dose. There are 230,000 nationals and foreigners in the country who have not yet been vaccinated. Health workers have said it is essential to take a booster dose to combat the new variants.
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The third dose provides 70 to 75 percent protection against omicron, according to a senior consultant at the Royal Hospital of Oman. Said Farial al-Lavatiya. He said new research suggests that those who take two doses get only 30 percent protection. Omicron is more likely to spread rapidly than other variants of Kovid. Officials at the Royal Hospital of Oman said a third dose was needed to control the spread.
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Currently, there are 16 confirmed Omikrons in Oman. The health ministry said their condition was “satisfactory”. But 90 people are suspected to be infected with Omikron, the director general of the Disease Surveillance and Control at the Ministry of Health said at a news conference yesterday. Saif al-Abri had said.
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