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In Belgium, 9,101,883 people are currently fully vaccinated, or 79 percent of the population. Of these, 7,058,787 people or 61 percent also had a booster shot. “Indeed, the booster does not yet achieve the same percentages as the primary vaccination. What is certainly bothering us is the lifting of the corona measures and especially stopping the use of the CST, now that we have ended up in code yellow,” says Ramaekers.

As a result, the booster campaign receives less acclaim in its final phase. Yet that booster remains crucial to make our basic immunity sufficiently strong, because the pandemic is not over yet. “In people who are not fully vaccinated, the risk of serious illness increases when infected. That is why we continue to promote that people absolutely benefit from the booster vaccine, even though we are now in code yellow,” said Ramaekers.

While our first booster campaign is still running, some countries such as Israel are already administering a second booster shot. In Belgium, there will probably only be a next booster campaign from September, starting with residential care centers and the over-75s. The second booster is then offered to health care providers and the elderly, people with weak immune systems or people with underlying conditions, simultaneously with the flu vaccination.

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