The EMA has already given the green light for a refresher with the Biontech vaccine.
Now the EU authority also recommends the booster with Moderna.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has enabled a corona booster vaccination with the corona vaccine * from the manufacturer Moderna.
A booster vaccination with Spikevax could be given to people over the age of 18 six to eight months after the second dose
, the authority in Amsterdam said.
In adults, in whom the protection had decreased, the values of the antibodies had increased according to the experts due to the booster.
The EMA experts had checked data from studies by the manufacturer
.
According to the recommendation of the EMA, a booster vaccination or a booster contains only half of a normal vaccination dose.
The risk of possible side effects corresponds to that of the second dose of the Moderna preparation.
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A decision about a booster vaccination * is made by the national authorities, as the EMA emphasized.
The experts had previously enabled the booster vaccination with the preparation from the manufacturers Pfizer and Biontech
.
(dpa)
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