Germany recommends booster shots for J&J vaccine recipients

FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled “COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine” and sryinge are seen in front of displayed Johnson&Johnson logo in this illustration taken, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s vaccine advisory committee recommends a booster mRNA COVID-19 vaccination shot for people who were inoculated with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, it said on Thursday.

The committee, known as STIKO, said it had seen higher COVID-19 breakthrough infections and a comparatively low vaccine effectiveness against the Delta variant among people who had had a single shot of the J&J vaccine.

The committee also recommended booster shots for people over 70, regardless of which vaccine they had received.

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