EU health and wellness authorities say they are recommending a second booster shot.
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The European Union’s health and wellness authorities said on Monday that they recommend a second booster shot of the Covid vaccine for people over 60, as infections rise again.
Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, said: “With cases and hospitalizations rising again as we enter the summer period, I urge everyone to get vaccinated and Get vaccinated as quickly as possible.”
“There is no time to lose,” she added in a statement released by the European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the European Medicines Agency.
The agencies have recommended a second booster shot, or fourth dose, for people over 80 years old, as of April.
“I urge Member States to deploy a second booster for all people over 60 years old as well as all vulnerable people immediately,” Kyriakides added.
ECDC Director Andrea Ammon said they are “currently seeing increasing rates of Covid-19 case notifications and an upward trend in hospital and ICU admissions and hospitalization rates in some countries”, mainly is caused by the BA 5 subvariant of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
“This signals the beginning of a new wave of Covid-19, spreading across the European Union. There are still too many individuals at serious risk of Covid-19 that we need to protect as soon as possible. good,” added Ammon.
However, the agencies also said that a second booster shot is not currently necessary “for people under age 60, who are not at higher risk of severe disease,” or those who work in facilities. health facilities or in care homes.
According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), cases of Covid have increased sharply since the end of May across Europe.
The number of daily new cases in the WHO Europe region – which includes 53 countries and regions, including some in Central Asia – exceeded 675,000 on Friday.
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