Third dose, Palù: “Also necessary for under 18”

Third dose of anti covid vaccine also for the youngest? “The booster will also be needed for those under 18 to make them resistant to infection.” Giorgio Palù, president of the Italian drug agency Aifa, guest of Sky Tg24, said this, adding that the timing for the third dose to the boys is not yet certain. All the measures against Covid-19, continues Palù, “are inspired by the utmost caution, prevention and protection from infection”, such as the hypothesis of a mandatory swab “even if you are vaccinated with three doses, on the occasion of major events” . “Another option is to consider the vaccination obligation”, which “is still up to politics”. Palù is in favor of the use of masks outdoors, while for the fourth dose of vaccine against Covid-19 he would wait to “evaluate the clinical impact of the Omicron variant – he underlines -. There is already the technology to adapt the vaccines to the new ones. variants and discussions are underway as to whether it is possible to speed up vaccination times “. In the meantime, in this new wave of Covid-19, the country would need to “be comforted”. “We have a new vaccine, Novavax, which in all probability will be approved today by the CTS of Aifa. It is another powerful weapon, with an effectiveness of over 89% to protect against symptomatic Covid”, added Palù.