The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have updated public health recommendations on the use of additional booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines this summer and in the upcoming autumn and winter seasons. The updated recommendations come amid increasing rates of COVID-19 reporting …
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Greece opens platform for 4th vaccine dose for age group 30-59
Greece’s health authorities opened on Monday morning, 27. June 2022, the online platform for the 4th dose or 2nd booster shot of vaccination against Covid-19 for the age group 30-59. People can book their vaccination appointments there. The platform emvolio.gov.gr is accessible with the codes of the Taxisnet, one will …
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“Land of Whatever”: Greece’s authorities bemused about 4. dose for 30-59
Greece’s health authorities triggered a big confusion on Thursday afternoon, when they announced people as young as 30 years old could be administered the 4th dose (2nd booster shot) of vaccination against Covid-19. First it was the National Vaccination Committee that announced its decision to allow the 4th dose for …
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4. Vaccine dose: Greece lowers age to 30; strong recommendation for 60+ (POLL)
Greece’s National Vaccination Committee proposes 4th dose of vaccination against Covid-19 for all over 30 years old and a strong recommendation for the 4th dose (second booster shot) for all over 60. The online platform for the 4th dose appointments is expected to open soon, in the next days, media …
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Online platform for 2nd booster shot (4th dose) opens for 70-79 and 60-69
Greece’s appointment platform for the 2nd booster dose (4th dose) of the vaccine against Covid-19, for the age group 70-79, opens on Wednesday, April 13, at the website emvolio.gov.gr. On Friday, April 15, the platform will open for citizens aged 60-69. On April 7, the platform was opened for people …
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Greece green-lights 4th vaccine dose for over 60, vulnerable children
Greece’s National Vaccination Committee gave the green light for the 4th dose of vaccination against Covid-19 for citizens over 60 years old as well as for vulnerable groups including children. “Those who got sick with Covid after the third dose (booster shot) will not need the fourth dose,” Committee’s president …
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Reinfection with Omicron is more likely; no vaccine 4th dose for general population
President of Greece’s National Vaccination Committee said on Monday that anyone who gets ill with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is more likely to become re-infected than if they came down with one of the other variants. The president also said that the 4th dose of vaccination is for …
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Greece opens booking platform for 4th dose of vaccine against Covid-19
The platform for booking an appointment for a 4th dose of vaccine against Covid-19 open for highly vulnerable immune-suppressed citizens in Greece on Thursday. This second booster shot can be given three months after the booster shot (3rd dose). IT is currently a bit confusing about the age of those …
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Greece’s Vaccination Committee approves 4th dose against Covid-19
Greece’s National Vaccination Committee has given the green light for the 4th dose of vaccines against Covid-19, media report early Tuesday afternoon. Earlier today health officials had said that the 4th dose is currently not aiming at the general population or any age group but only a specific group of …
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Greece prepares for 4th vaccine dose even a month after the booster shot
Greece’s National Vaccination Committee rushes to decide on a fourth dose of vaccine against Covid-19 for a special category of people. The 4th dose could be administered even one month after the booster shot, the 3rd dose, media report on Thursday afternoon. Greece reaction comes less than 12 hours after …
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Pfizer CEO Bourla: 4th dose of vaccine might be needed due to Omicron variant
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on Wednesday that a 4th Covid vaccine dose may be needed sooner than expected due to the Omicron variant. Speaking to US network CNBC Bourla said that he originally expected a fourth dose 12 months after the third, but he told CNBC it might be …
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