{"id":99402,"date":"2022-06-26T13:14:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T10:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/?p=99402"},"modified":"2022-06-26T13:14:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T10:14:04","slug":"fourth-covid-dose-optional-targets-vulnerable-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/fourth-covid-dose-optional-targets-vulnerable-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Covid dose optional, targets vulnerable groups"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ministry of Health is preparing to announce soon the availability of the fourth dose of the Corona vaccine. <\/p>\n

The sources explained the fourth dose will be made available to groups of people who are considered most \u2018vulnerable\u2019 such as those with chronic diseases, the elderly, and those who have had a certain period of time since receiving the third dose, and for those who wish ti receive from those aforementioned segments, reports a local Arabic daily. <\/p>\n

The sources indicated that \u201cobtaining a vaccination is generally optional,\u201d but they stressed \u201cthe importance of receiving booster doses to avoid serious complications in case of infection with the virus, as well as the protection that vaccination provides for the individual and his\/her social environment.\u201d <\/p>\n

In the meantime, the sources stressed the importance of continuing to adhere to the usual precautionary measures and to continue to adhere to health instructions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ministry of Health is preparing to announce soon the availability of the fourth dose of the Corona vaccine. The sources explained the fourth dose will be made available to groups of people who are considered most \u2018vulnerable\u2019 such as those with chronic diseases, the elderly, and those who have had a certain period of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":99403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local"],"yoast_head":"\nFourth Covid dose optional, targets vulnerable groups - TimesKuwait<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/fourth-covid-dose-optional-targets-vulnerable-groups\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fourth Covid dose optional, targets vulnerable groups - TimesKuwait\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ministry of Health is preparing to announce soon the availability of the fourth dose of the Corona vaccine. 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