BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s STIKO vaccine authority shortened the recommended amount of time between a second coronavirus shot and a booster to three months on Tuesday.
The authority said that anyone over age 18 could have a booster shot using an mRNA vaccine three months after completing a two-shot course of COVID-19 vaccines.
While data remains limited, half a dozen laboratory studies have shown that an initial course of COVID-19 vaccines is not enough to halt infection from the Omicron variant, but a booster shot may help.
(Reporting by Miranda Murray, editing by Emma Thomasson)
