Parapuan.co – National Agency of Drug and Food Control (BPOM) officially allow emergency use authorization (EUA) or emergency use permit for Sinopharm . vaccine as booster or follow-up vaccines.
Head of BPOM Penny K Lukito revealed that the Sinopharm vaccine was used as a vaccine booster which is homologous.
Homologous means that this Covid-19 follow-up vaccination uses the same type of vaccine as during the first and second doses of vaccination.
Later, vaccination booster Sinopharm is aimed at people aged 18 and over.
In addition, the public can receive the vaccine booster this is after getting a complete primary dose for at least the last 6 months.
As quoted from Kompas.com, here are the facts about the Sinopharm vaccine as a dose booster. Come on, find out!
1. Include inactivated vaccine
The Sinopharm vaccine is a Covid-19 vaccine produced by the Beijing Bio-Institute Biological, China, which is of the inactivated vaccine or SARS-CoV-2-Vaccine (Vero Cell).
Inactivated vaccine is a vaccine that uses killed virus particles to expose the immune system to viruses.
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