The Commission and two health agencies in the European Union recommended on Monday that the fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine should be given to people over 60, after the 80-year-olds accepted it so far, to avoid the new vaccine. large-scale wave”.
EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said: “I call on member states to immediately offer a second booster dose to everyone over 60 and those at risk and everyone eligible to receive the vaccine.”
According to a joint statement published by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control and the European Medicines Agency, the recommendation also applies to all people at risk.
In April, two EU health agencies recommended a fourth dose for people over 80.
Europe is seeing an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases and an increase in hospitalizations or emergency department admissions in several countries, largely due to subversion BA.5. Mutant Omicron,” the statement quoted Andrea Amon, director of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, as saying.
According to the latest data from the World Health Organization for the European region, which includes about 50 countries, the number of people infected with Covid-19 has increased sharply since the end of May.
The number of new daily infections surpassed 675,000 on Friday, matching the level reached in early April after a severe winter surge.
Source: Lebanon Debate
