According to the data of the National Institute of Public Health, it follows. To date, 77 people in Norway have been vaccinated with the third dose of the COVID-836 vaccine, the so-called supplemental dose.
15 third doses were administered last week.
Nationally, nearly 50 percent of people in the 75-84 and 85 and older groups were vaccinated with the third dose, making vaccination off to a good start for these groups, says vaccination manager Geir Bukholm at FHI to NTB.
For the 65-74 age group, this figure is less than 10 percent. This is mainly because there are many people in this group who are within six months of the second dose of the vaccine, according to Bukholm.
In Norway, there are people over the age of 65 and people belonging to two specific risk groups. To whom a booster dose of the vaccine has been offered so far.
The group of people over 65 is 965.742 people. While the FHI previously estimated that the patient groups defined as risk groups together number up to 200. people.
10 percent of the elderly in Oslo have received a third dose of the vaccine. Oslo is therefore the county with the highest percentage of older people vaccinated with the third dose. Nordland has the lowest share with 2 percent.
Source: FHI, NTB
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