Dutch Health Body Urges Booster Shots for Those 60 and Over

Dutch Health Body Urges Booster Shots for Those 60 and Over
Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine labels stand in front of a European Union flag on March 19, 2021. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands—The Dutch health council advised the government Tuesday to begin giving COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to everybody 60 and older and residents of nursing homes, saying it was seeing indications that COVID-19 protection was waning among older people.

“To get ahead of an increase in serious illness, the council advises the health minister to start offering boosters now,” the council said.

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