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The

third dose

of the vaccine will begin to be applied in Germany at the end of the summer.

Specifically, it will be from September when the government and health departments of the Länder will make a third inoculation available to the population, which will generally be administered at least six months after the first full vaccination.

Its application will not be generalized, but

will be offered in principle to the most vulnerable groups for reasons of age, previous pathologies or other reasons

.

It will also apply to those who have not received the injection with messenger RNA technology.

This was agreed by the federal government and the federal states in a virtual conference between those responsible for Health throughout the country.

"The booster vaccinations will be done with one of the two messenger RNA vaccines (Pfizer or Moderna)," the ministry reported, according to which this decision is "in the interest of preventive health care."

The ministry claims to be supported by recent studies that show a

"reduced or rapidly diminishing immune response after a complete vaccination against covid-19" in certain groups, such

as immunosuppressed people or the elderly.

Health professionals who deal with these groups will also be invited to get this additional injection.

In addition, those who have been vaccinated with AstraZeneca or Janssen will also be generally advised to get a supplemental dose of messenger RNA vaccines.

However, the concern now falls mainly on minors, the group so far less immunized.

Germany decided on Monday to promote the mass inoculation of the vaccine to minors between 12 and 17 years old.

They can do it in vaccination centers or through the family doctor, always after receiving the appropriate information in this regard.

The initiative has led to strong criticism from the medical sector, according to which there is no express recommendation by the Vaccination Commission (Stiko for its acronym in German) for mass vaccination from 12 years of age. On Tuesday the government defended the decision and recalled that it is voluntary. "Whoever wants to, can get vaccinated. Nobody is obliged to do so," Health Minister Jens Spahn told Berlin's regional public radio "rbb-inforadio".

Some 900,000 children or adolescents aged 12 to 17 have already received, of their own accord, the first dose, according to the Ministry of Health.

The objective of the measure is, on the one hand, to speed up vaccination at a time when the pace of the campaign has slowed down and, on the other, to reduce the risk of spreading infections with the reopening of school activity.

There is also concern about the lack of interest of the population not yet immunized to receive the vaccine.

The number of people who are now receiving the first dose has dropped to levels from last February.

This stagnation raises alarms at a time when there is a rebound, albeit slight, in new infections, raising fears of a third wave of the virus.

In Germany, 52.3% of the population have received the full course of the vaccine and 61.7% have received at least one dose, according to data on August 1 from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) of virology.

The seven-day incidence in Germany rose on Tuesday to 17.9 infections - compared to 17.8 on Monday - per 100,000 inhabitants.

In the last 24 hours, 1,766 new coronavirus infections were registered and 19 deaths related to the disease were reported, according to the RKI.

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