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Vaccination to take place in evening during Ramadan

Health Protection Agency (HPA) has stated COVID-19 vaccination will take place from 2100hrs to 2300hrs during the month of Ramadan.

HPA will be giving out Pfizer vaccine doses in the Greater Male’ Region at Dharumavantha Hospital and Hulhumale’ Hospital during Ramadan. The agency has advised individuals who have received two doses of their COVID-19 vaccines to receive the booster dose two weeks before travelling to the Umrah pilgrimage.

The latest statistics from HPA show that 154,000 individuals have received the booster dose, 383,000 have received the second dose and 398,000 have received the first dose. As such, 34% of Maldivians have received the booster dose, 84% have received the second dose and 88% have received the first dose.