Germany becomes latest nation to offer booster shots against COVID-19
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Germany has joined the small list of countries offering booster shots to elderly and at-risk people in order to stem a possible COVID-19 winter surge.
The decision was announced by the country's health ministry in early August after talks between Health Minister Jens Spahn and 16 state premiers. All sides agreed there were concerns about "a reduced or rapidly declining immune response" among the most fragile sections of the population.
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