Omicron variant, fourth dose vaccine in Germany

Omicron variant in Germany, a fourth dose of the Covid vaccine will also be administered. Health Minister Lauterbach announced this, explaining in a press conference that an “aggressive ‘booster’ campaign is our most important defense in the fight against Omicron”. According to Lothar Wieler, president of the Robert Koch Institute (Rki), Omicron will be the most popular variant in Germany within three weeks. “Christmas must not become the spark that starts the Omicron fire,” Wieler said at the same press conference, urging citizens to keep contact to a minimum. Germany has ordered 4 million doses of the new Novavax vaccine, which will arrive in January, and 11 million doses of the new Valneva vaccine, which is still awaiting marketing authorization.