Valeriu Gheorghita sends a last-minute announcement that is meant to alert Romanians all over the country during this period, and this is because we are talking about something that many Romanians want to know, more precisely if they will have to do the 4th dose of the vaccine after what sera optimized for the Omicron strain will appear.
Valeriu Gheorghita tells the Romanians that before thinking about dose 4, we should seriously think about doing the full initial vaccination schedule, and then the one with the booster dose, and this is because they also offer immune protection against the Omicron variant , and dose 4 will probably be discussed in the spring of 2022.
"I think that before we think about the fourth dose we have to think about increasing the vaccination rate with the first scheme and strengthening the immune response with the administration of the Booster dose. Such statements, I believe, are out of place at this point.
Sure, it's one thing to talk about a long-term perspective, but the dynamics of the epidemiological evolution we see is changing. It is very important to see what will be the circulation of the new viral variants and the extent to which they can become dominant.
At this moment, all the scientific data are encouraging, in the sense that a first vaccination schedule with a Booster dose carried out provides optimal protection including against the Omicron variant which, at this moment, has the highest ability to circumvent the immune response .
This is the message to complete the vaccination schedule, including the Booster dose, for all those who are at least six months from the first schedule. And also, of course, the vulnerable should be vaccinated with the first scheme, because in this way the risk of developing a serious form that requires hospitalization is reduced. So that's our view.
Moreover, it is being discussed and we have already seen that there are countries such as Italy, which recommend the booster dose from five months, Israel, likewise, from five months, precisely because there is this perspective of the circulation of the new variants, including Omicron.”
