Belgium’s Higher Health Council (HSC) is recommending the fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine for immuno-compromised people, local media reported Friday.
Flemish Health Minister Wouter Beke had announced two weeks ago that he had asked the HSC for advice on the administration of the fourth dose of vaccine to people with weakened immunity.
The opinion of the Higher Health Council has not yet been published, but according to local media, it would concern between 300,000 and 400,000 people, including people on dialysis, people with leukemia, and people who have received an organ or stem cells.
“The fourth dose would be considered for people with deficient immunity as the booster dose,” said Gudrun Briat, spokesperson for the vaccination task force in Belgium.
“The third dose was for these people part of the classical vaccination scheme. It was necessary to allow them to have the same effects as people with a normal functioning immunity,” added the spokesperson.
The Interministerial Conference on Health (ICM), which brings together the country’s federal ministers and federal entities, must now endorse the opinion of the HSC before launching the fourth “targeted” dose campaign.
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