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Cyprus Expands COVID Booster Shots to All Aged 50 and Over

November 5, 2021

By Associated Press

A bus passes outside of the health ministry in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, March 9, 2020. Cyprus' Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou during a statement to the press has confirmed the first two cases of COVID-19, coronavirus, in Cyprus. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

FILE - A bus passes outside of the health ministry in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

NICOSIA — Cyprus expanded its COVID-19 vaccination booster shot drive on Thursday to include everyone 50 and over, as well as those who have been diagnosed as obese irrespective of age.

A precondition for receiving a booster shot is for six months to have elapsed since a person was fully vaccinated. Cyprus began administering booster shots last month to people aged 60 and over.

According to the latest available data, nearly 80% of adults, 40% of 16-17 year-olds and 25% of kids between 12-15 have been fully vaccinated.

Around one in 10 people on Cyprus have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the start of the epidemic with some 570 having died as a result of the virus.

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