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People with weakened immune systems should receive a third dose of the Corona vaccine, according to an international expert panel. This should be given between one and three months after the original vaccination, it said.
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This will ensure that they are about as well protected from infection as people with intact immune systems who have received two doses, the experts reported Monday in Geneva. They are part of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Independent Advisory Group on Immunization (SAGE).
Third vaccine dose recommended for immunocompromised people
The SAGE team stressed that their recommendation is not about a third vaccination for the general population. Rather, WHO has called on governments that have plenty of vaccine to refrain from offering it. They should instead give their doses to countries that do not yet have enough vaccine to protect those most in need.
In some 50 countries, especially in Africa, fewer than 10 percent of people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. Enough vaccine is now being produced, he said, so that by the end of the year 40 percent of people in all countries of the world will have been vaccinated. The problem, he said, is uneven distribution. That needs to be solved urgently, he said.
With regard to the two Chinese vaccines Sinovac and Sinopharm, the advisory board recommends a third vaccination dose for all people over the age of 60. Studies have shown that vaccination protection in this age group decreases more quickly than in younger people. A third vaccination dose with the vaccine of another manufacturer is possible.
- source: APA/picture: pixabay.com
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