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Sarawak becomes the first state in Malaysia to offering a third and booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for high-risk individuals who had received their second dose of that vaccine at least six months ago.
2021-10-13

The Standing Committee on Vaccination recommends COVID-19 vaccine booster doses for people over the age of 70 and care home workers. The committee also recommends mRNA-based booster doses for people who previously received the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.
2021-10-7

Israel introduces a new rule that requires booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to be considered fully vaccinated for everyone aged 12 and older in "Green Pass", becoming the first country to do so.
2021-10-3

Singapore begins a nationwide campaign to administer booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 60 and people with a compromised immune system who received their second dose at least six months ago amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
2021-09-14

The Singaporean health ministry will administer booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 60, people who are immunocompromised and residents of nursing home facilities beginning later this month.
2021-09-3

The Czech government announces that the country will begin offering a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from September 20 to all people who previously have been vaccinated at least eight months ago using either Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.
2021-08-30

Polish Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski announces that the Supreme Medical Council has approved booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for people with a compromised immune system which will be administered beginning on September 1.
2021-08-27

The Ministry of Health announces that Brazil will begin offering booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to immunocompromised people and people over the age of 70 who received their second dose more than six months ago and will also shorten the interval between the first and second doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines to eight weeks beginning in mid-September.
2021-08-25

The French national health regulator "Haute Autorité de Santé" recommends a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 65 and those with existing health conditions, which was previously announced by Health minister Olivier Véran yesterday. The booster doses will be administered beginning at the end of October.
2021-08-24

Serbia begins to administer booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for immunocompromised people, healthcare workers, people over the age of 70, people who frequently travel abroad, and people who have previously received their second dose at least six months ago.
2021-08-17