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People flocked to Bangkok’s vaccination hub at Bang Sue Grand Station on Sunday as Thailand’s fifth wave of Covid-19 continued to spread.

Those who received two Sinovac or Sinopharm shots have been advised to get a viral vector or mRNA vaccine booster, while a fourth jab could even be necessary.

An mRNA booster after two jabs of inactivated or viral vector Covid-19 vaccines can provide high immunity against the virus, expert virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan said in a Facebook post on Sunday.

TEL AVIV - An Israeli hospital began administering fourth coronavirus vaccine doses to a test group of health-care workers on Monday, in what its calling the worlds first trial of its kind, as the country weighs approval of a wider campaign for at-risk Israelis in efforts to stem the rapid spike in infections by the omicron variant.

Few recipients of the inactive Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine developed serious side effects, Chulabhorn Royal Academy’s secretary-general Dr Nithi Mahanonda said in a Facebook post on Friday.

A third dose of AstraZenecas Covid-19 vaccine significantly boosted neutralizing antibodies against omicron, according to lab studies at the University of Oxford.

Three Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine jabs is another interesting option to deal with Omicron as it gives around 94 per cent protection against the virus, Public Health Commission vice chairman Dr Chalermchai Boonyaleephan claimed on Wednesday, citing a study.

TEL AVIV, Israel - In what its calling a global first, Israels Health Ministry on Tuesday announced that it will offer a fourth coronavirus vaccine shot to citizens 60 and older and other at-risk groups as concerns about the omicron variant proliferate.

AstraZeneca and Oxford University have started developing a version of their coronavirus shot that targets omicron, as researchers study the efficacy of existing vaccines against the latest variant.

Novavaxs vaccine was cleared by European regulators and is set to become the first Covid-19 shot of its kind in the region, giving countries another tool as they race to protect their populations in the face of the omicron variant.

Vaccine manufacturer Moderna said Monday that a booster dose of its coronavirus vaccine significantly raised antibody levels against the omicron variant, amid growing concerns about its rapid spread in the United States.

The Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine Comirnaty on children aged between five and 11.