Booster vaccination against COVID-19: what you need to know now
Although the vaccines effectively prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection, there is a breakthrough of COVID-19 cases. Scientific findings indicate that the immune response to COVID-19 vaccines is weaker or declines more quickly in certain groups of people. In order to continue to protect these particularly vulnerable groups from severe cases of COVID-19, a booster vaccination is recommended as a preventive health measure. A booster vaccination is given to people who have already received the status \"fully vaccinated\" but whose immune response to COVID-19 has been weakened after a period of several months since vaccination. The booster vaccination is an extension of the first vaccination series, i.e. for...