Health Council publishes advice on booster shot for young people

More than half of adults have now received a booster shot, but can it be the turn of young people now? Can 12 to 17-year-olds soon also receive a vaccination to strengthen their defenses against the corona virus? The Health Council will issue an advisory report on this on Friday.

The previous Minister of Health, Hugo de Jonge, had asked for the advice at the end of December. In the current wave, many young people have tested positive.

The vaccines that have been approved so far for booster shots have that recognition only for adults. Booster vaccines for minors have not yet been approved. De Jonge therefore also asked the Health Council whether boosting young people could and should already be started without such approval, or whether it would be better to wait until a vaccine has been approved for young people.