Prof. Marczyńska after the Medical Council: it is possible to administer the third dose of the vaccine earlier than after six months

Most likely, it will be possible to administer the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine earlier than six months after the primary vaccination, Prof. Magdalena Marczyńska after the Sunday meeting of the Medical Council with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

1. Prof. Magdalena Marczyńska from the Medical Council informed that it will probably be possible to administer the third dose of the vaccine just five months after the primary vaccination. An announcement is to be released soon
2. The European Medicines Agency recommended a third dose six months after full vaccination (similarly to the US CDC). However, at national level, public health authorities can make official recommendations on the use of booster doses, taking into account, inter alia, local epidemic situation
3. The country where citizens will soon be able to take their third dose in five months is Singapore
4. More information can be found on the Onet homepage

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Prof. Marczyńska, the conversation with the prime minister on Sunday evening concerned, inter alia, inefficiency of the health service. Experts talked about the need to change subsequent wards into covid ones, no places for pulmonology or neurology.

«In the weeks to come, the state’s policy in the fight against the epidemic is to be such as to strengthen even more pro-vaccination measures, enforce the DDM principle and impose penalties, e.g. for not wearing masks where required. More fines are to be issued for violating these regulations, and the enforcement of compliance with these rules is to be strengthened »- indicated prof. Marczyńska.

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An announcement is to be released next week that will most likely allow the third dose of the vaccine to be administered earlier than six months after the primary immunization. «Most likely it will be possible to shorten this period to five months. This change is expected at any moment »- she said.

“In the coming weeks, no change in the state’s policy regarding the current wave of COVID-19 cases should be expected” – told PAP Prof. Marczyńska.

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Experts from the Medical Council expressed their mutual hope that MPs sitting in the Sejm – regardless of political groups – will support the provisions of the law allowing employers to verify whether an employee is vaccinated against COVID-19.

“We hope that common sense will prevail in this matter,” added a member of the Medical Council.

When is the third dose administered – how is it in other countries?

Studies have shown that overall the immunity offered by the first two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine begins to decline after around six months. Hence the recommendations to use the next dose after this time. Such a recommendation was issued by the US government agency CDC, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), as is the case in Israel – the first country to start administering another dose of the vaccine.

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What is important is that, at national level, public health authorities can make official recommendations on the use of booster doses, taking into account not only the efficacy and safety data of the booster but also the local epidemic situation. We all know that in Poland the fourth wave is still climbing, not only is the number of infections and deaths growing – more and more people require hospitalization, more and more patients require connection to a ventilator. Meanwhile, it is known that after the third dose of the vaccine, the risk of hospitalization related to COVID-19 infection is 93%. lower compared with those who had only received two doses five months earlier. The risk of severe infection and death is also reduced.

A country that has already decided to cut the waiting time for a third dose from six months to five months for all is Singapore. The recipe will come into force on November 24. Previously, it was recommended that booster doses be given six months after the second dose in people aged 30 to 59 years and five months after the second dose in people 60 years of age and older (it has been shown that the elderly have lost antibodies earlier). Thanks to this standardization, there is a chance that half of the country’s population will receive the third dose by the end of the year.

PAP / Tomasz Więcławski / Medonet / Monika Mikołajska

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