Modern third dose vaccine, ok Aifa: 6 months after second dose

Aifa green light for the third dose of the modern covid vaccine, which for over 18s will be administered at least 6 months after the second dose, “The Technical Scientific Commission (Cts) of the Italian Medicines Agency (Aifa), meeting today, has expressed its opinion on the administration of a booster dose of the anti-Covid Spikevax vaccine from Moderna. Taking note of Ema’s decision, the CTS decides to make the booster dose of the Spikevax vaccine available, at least six months after the second dose, in subjects aged 18 and over “, reads a note. Read also “The Commission also reiterates that, as already established for the Pfizer booster dose, this opportunity should be offered as a priority to subjects already indicated for the Comirnaty (Pfizer) vaccine”, that is fragile subjects, over 80, guests of rsa and health care. “The booster dose of the Spikevax vaccine will also be included in the list pursuant to Law 648/96 to allow its heterologous use”.