At the moment, there are no indications that the fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine should be administered, said Wojciech Andrusiewicz, spokesman for the MZ on Monday. On Monday, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) issued an official recommendation that the fourth dose should be taken by people over 60 years of age.
The spokesman of the Ministry of Health, Wojciech Andrusiewicz, was asked during the Monday press conference, incl. about when decisions are made to vaccinate with the fourth dose against the coronavirus.
Andrusiewicz recalled that the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended on Monday considering a second booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines in people aged 60 to 79 and people with medical conditions that put them at high risk of developing severe disease.
«We know that in Poland, the fourth dose of vaccination is applied to the population from the age of 80. It is recommended that this fourth dose can be given to people from the age of 60. Only now this dose from the age of 60 will be administered by those countries where this wave of infections is at its peak or is approaching its peak»Said Andrusiewicz.
He added that Poland is in a slightly different situation in Germany, France or Italy, where the peak of the incidence is expected in the near future. “And indeed these countries will implement it” – added a spokesman for the Ministry of Health.
Andrusiewicz noted that Poland «there is no reason at present to recommend a fourth dose«.
«We are waiting for both major vaccine manufacturers to release an omicron-targeted vaccine in September. We have assurance that both Pfizer and Moderna should already have vaccines targeting omicrons. Then we will probably give recommendations as to vaccination with the second booster, i.e. the fourth dose” – He said.
The spokesman made a reservation that if the infection “suddenly begins to accelerate in some unbelievable way, we will of course also have to make such decisions”.
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«But as of today, this optimistic to neutral variant is being realized. We do not see the implementation of the pessimistic variant, in which we would see a drastic increase in the number of hospitalized people »- he stressed.
“In September, if there are any vaccines targeting omicrons, then there will be a recommendation. If the situation changed earlier – I am talking about the deterioration of the situation – there will definitely be a recommendation for the second booster. At the moment, there are no such indications »- emphasized Andrusiewicz.
Authors: Szymon Zdziebekowski, Iwona Żurek