The third corona vaccination - the "booster" - has been an issue for a long time.
It is now clear when the booster vaccinations will start in Germany.
Berlin - The incidence in Germany is increasing every day.
The delta variant * fuels the infection process.
The fight against the corona pandemic is not over yet.
On the contrary, experts fear: Because despite a complete vaccination, cases of corona infections are increasing.
A third vaccination is supposed to increase the protective effect as a so-called booster.
Third corona vaccination - the date in Germany has been set
In Germany there should now be the third corona vaccination - from September.
The third vaccination is especially intended for people at risk.
Here mRNA vaccines from Biontech / Pfizer or Moderna are to be used.
The health ministers of the federal states decided on Monday (August 2nd).
Not a big surprise.
Preparations for the third vaccination have been a topic for weeks.
Who should receive a third corona vaccination?
"For the best possible protection against COVID-19 disease, particularly vulnerable groups can receive booster vaccinations against Corona from September.
These can be offered by mobile teams or the treating physicians & in vaccination centers, ”the Federal Ministry of Health posts on Facebook.
There is also a short explanatory clip.
According to this, groups at particular risk are “immunocompromised patients, the very elderly and those in need of care”.
There is also a second group that is eligible for a third vaccination: "Even people who have been completely vaccinated who have received vaccines from Astrazeneca * or Johnson & Johnson * in the past few months should receive a booster with an mRNA vaccine."
virus |
SARS-CoV-2 |
|---|---|
Infectious disease |
Covid-19 |
Variants / mutations |
B.1.1.7 (Alpha), B.1.351 (Beta), B.1.617.2 (Delta), P.1 (Gamma) |
Third corona vaccination - Israel rushes forward
Israel was the first country in the world to start with the third corona vaccination *.
The booster vaccinations have not yet been approved in either the US or the EU, and Israeli experts had warned that the benefits and risks of a third-party vaccination had not yet been adequately researched.
The Israeli government decided to go it alone after Pfizer and Biontech pointed out studies that a third dose of their vaccine * had "a neutralizing effect on the Delta variant".
Biontech / Pfizer have already submitted marketing authorization applications to both the US FDA and the European Medicines Agency.
The proceedings are ongoing, discussions are ongoing, Pfizer said.
Clinical studies must be submitted again here.
What does the Stiko say about the third corona vaccination?
A recommendation from the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) for a third corona vaccination is still pending. There were not enough data yet, the Stiko said at the end of July. Regarding Israel's approach, virologist and Stiko boss Thomas Mertens said that there was nothing against it if a state made such vaccination offers out of a duty of care - even without evidence. However, the task of the Stiko are recommendations based on scientific knowledge. In this respect one waits for a data basis. It remains to be seen whether this will be available by autumn.
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