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EU countries should start giving their citizens COVID boosters now to contain the new wave of infections expected this fall and winter, bloc officials said Reuters on Friday ahead of an official release. I said it in the document I saw.
The Brussels-based European Commission said more than 2,300 people in the bloc still die from COVID every week, but the disease’s other adverse health effects include long-term COVID symptoms and mental problems. It is included.
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“The past two years show that the EU could face another wave of COVID-19 this fall and winter,” the commission said.
“Vaccination remains the most reliable way to avoid severe disease and thus reduces mortality from COVID-19,” it said, adding that 27 states in the EU had a vaccine adapted to the new subspecies. I told them to prepare a vaccination campaign that included shots.
“They should be deployed before the next wave.”
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On Thursday, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved a booster with BioNTech-Pfizer and Moderna upgraded for the new COVID-19 variant.
Reacting to the EMA’s decision, EU chief health official Stella Kiriakides said, “It is imperative that we continue to prioritize primary vaccination and first booster uptake among all eligible individuals.” said.