Thursday, July 14, 2022

VACCINATION RATES BY AGE GROUPS

 Filenews 14 July 2022



The Ministry of Health announces that according to data recorded by the Health Monitoring Unit, by Monday, July 11, full vaccination rates (two doses of an approved vaccine) of 86% were recorded for the adult population, with 87.5% having received at least one dose of the vaccine.

By age group, the rate of full vaccination is as follows:

10.2% for the age group 5-11 years,

49.5% for the 12-15 age group, 60% for the 16-17 age group,

and 71.9% for the 18-19 age group.

65.5% of the general population over 18 were administered with a 3rd/booster dose, while the corresponding percentage for 4th dose is 4.2% of the general adult population, and 14.9% for people over 60 years of age.

*Vaccination coverage rates have been calculated with the revised population of 2020.