Brussels: Belgium started a vaccination campaign with new Omicron-adapted Covid – 19 shots. It is primarily a “booster” dose for people who have already received vaccines against Covid – 19.
The current campaign which was started on Monday September 12 is primarily aimed at immunocompromised people, those aged 65 years and above, and health professionals in hospitals and nursing homes.
This first phase of the new Omicron-specific booster campaign will run from September 12 to October 1 in Wallonia, Flanders and the Brussels-Capital Region, Xinhua news agency reported.
According to figures published on Monday, more than 700,000 invitations have been sent to all Walloons aged above 65 years who meet the conditions for revaccination.
People in the 50-64 age group will receive their invitation later.
Coronavirus indicators remain stable in Belgium. According to the Sciensano Scientific Institute of Public Health, 1,489 new Covid-19 infections on average were recorded per day between August 29 and September 4, a decrease of 2 per cent compared to the previous week.
As autumn approaches, some experts fear a new wave and are reiterating their call for caution.
As of September 5, 25,800,728 Covid-19 vaccine doses had been administered in Belgium. The vaccination coverage for the second booster dose is 5.2 per cent of the total population, and that of people aged 85 years and above is 48.2 per cent, according to Sciensano.
