The application of the 3rd dose of the anti-Covid vaccine for persons over 60 years of age as well as the vaccination of persons 16 years of age will start on November 1. The Committee of Experts has approved the recommendations of the Technical Immunization Committee for the 'Buster' dose and the reduction of the age band.

"The committee decided that people over 60 years of age should get the third dose of the vaccine no earlier than 6 months from the second dose, starting from November 1, children over 16 years old will be invited for vaccination with the consent of the parent and the doctor's recommendation. We will also invite children over 12 or 15 who have immune diseases ".

Although the figures are deteriorating the committee did not change any of the existing measures.

" The bi-weekly incidence is 222 per 100 thousand inhabitants, there is an increase of total active cases in this period to 6444. "

Regarding the infected, the ratio of males to females continues to be the same, 48 to 52 percent.