The Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) now officially recommends a second corona booster vaccination for people over 60 years of age. People in this age group and over the age of five with an increased risk of severe Covid 19 courses as a result of an underlying disease should receive another booster, according to a statement by the committee on Thursday updating the vaccination recommendation. The Stiko is expanding its previous recommendation “with the primary goal of protecting particularly vulnerable people even better from serious Covid 19 diseases and Covid 19-related deaths”.
The next one is advisable Booster, preferably with an mRNA vaccine, after “three immunological events”, such as after primary immunization and the first booster vaccination or primary immunization and Sars-CoV-2 infection. The condition for the booster vaccination from the age of 60 is usually that the first booster vaccination or the last corona infection was at least six months ago. According to Stiko, the interval can only be reduced to four months in justified individual cases.
So far, Stiko had only recommended the second booster to people over the age of 70, people in care facilities, people with an immune deficiency and an increased risk of severe Covid 19 courses from the age of five and employees in medical facilities and care facilities. The “Bild” newspaper had already reported on Monday that the recommendation for the second booster for people over 60 should be expanded.