Italy is expanding the number of people eligible for a booster vaccine as the 4th wave in the COVID-19 pandemic grips Europe.
Health Minister Roberto Speranza tells lawmakers in the Chamber of Deputies that anyone 40 years or older can get the booster shot starting Dec. 1.
Italy has already offered boosters to those 60 years old and older who received their last vaccine dose at least six months earlier.
Announcing the expansion of booster eligibility to those 40 years and up, Speranza called the boosters “an essential piece of our strategy to combat COVID.”
The minister added that “the more this country succeeds in bolstering itself in speeding up the administrating of the third dose, the more we will be able to manage the end of autumn and winter, which pose a wide open challenge and won’t easy to handle.”
So far nearly 40% of people already eligible for the boosters in Italy have gotten the third dose, according to Italian government figures.
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