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Health

Italy to start administering second COVID booster to over-60s

FILE PHOTO: A person receives a dose of the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Music Auditorium in Rome, Italy, January 5, 2022. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Italy will soon start its campaign to administer a second COVID-19 booster to everyone aged over 60, the health minister said on Monday, after receiving a green light from European Union health agencies.

The European recommendation came on Monday amid a new rise in infections and hospitalisations across Europe and was expected to facilitate national decisions to speed up vaccination campaigns, which have been slowing in recent months.

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