Brazil’s minister of health announced on Tuesday that the eligibility for COVID-19 booster shots will be extended to everyone older than 18 in the country. Marcelo Queiroga said that the government will start to offer the third dose to people who have received a second vaccine dose five months ago. Health officials in the country recently decided to shorten the interval between the second and third dose from six to five months, news agency The Brazilian reported. The third dose is already available in Brazil for health professionals, senior citizens, and patients with pre-existing conditions. Queiroga previously said that he prefers health workers to be given the Pfizer jab six months after they complete the initial round of COVID-19 vaccination. The South American country seeks to import more than 100 million vaccine doses by December, mostly of the University of Oxford’s adenovirus-based COVID-19 vaccine AstraZeneca, according to The Brazilian. The health …