Coronavirus is spreading again: Adapted vaccines now available
Whether and when an autumn/winter wave will develop cannot be determined from the wastewater samples for viruses. However, Covid-19 is still present, and illnesses can be severe, especially for people with health risks, warned the ÖVIH in a statement.
Vaccine Against Covid-19: Protection from Hospitalization
The booster vaccination against Covid-19 is one of the vaccinations to consider in the autumn, it was further stated. Regardless of how often or whether one has been vaccinated against Corona in the past, the recommendation in the Austrian vaccination plan is to receive an adapted vaccine once. "For people who do not have health risks for a severe course of illness, a gap of about twelve months from the last Covid-19 illness or vaccination is advised," explained Maria Paulke-Korinek, head of the vaccination department at the Ministry of Health.
The vaccination recommendation particularly applies to people aged 60 and over, pregnant women, people with certain pre-existing conditions such as cancer, autoimmune diseases, and respiratory, heart, or neurological diseases. "In past seasons, it was shown that in the first two months after vaccination, the risk of symptomatic infection could be reduced by 40 to 50 percent. The protection against hospitalizations was even higher and only decreased over time," informed the infectious disease specialist Florian Krammer.
According to information from the vaccine manufacturers, initial data shows that the newly adapted Covid-19 vaccine generates a better immune response against currently prevailing and newly emerging sublineages than the vaccine formulations of the previous season. "It is therefore logical and sensible to get a new booster against the disease with the adapted vaccine," recommends Krammer.
(APA/Red.)
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