EAs hospitalizations and cases continue to rise, uropean regulators have urged people older than 60 years of age to receive second doses COVID-19 vaccinations.
Both the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and European Medicines Agency made Monday’s statement that included people who have medical conditions which put them at risk for severe diseases. An ECDC statement stated that the weekly cases rates for those 65+ increased 32% over the past week in 22 of the 24 reporting nations.
Following April guidance, which recommended that people aged over 80 be eligible for boosters, the new recommendation was made. You can administer the new mRNA shot at most four months following your previous one. According to the agency, no evidence is available to suggest that a booster should be given to anyone under 60, who is not more at risk for severe diseases.
“With cases and hospitalizations rising again as we enter the summer period, I urge everybody to get vaccinated and boosted as quickly as possible,” Stella Kyriakides, the E.U.’s health commissioner, said in the statement. “I call on member states to roll out second boosters for everyone over the age of 60 as well as all vulnerable persons immediately.”
Emer Cooke, Executive Director of EMA, stated that work was underway to approve vaccines that are adapted for newer varieties in September.
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