“We will not be able to completely defeat the coronavirus in the foreseeable future – four years. We need to be realistic,” Lauterbach said.
As the minister noted, the disease regularly mutates and new variants are often recorded in people with immunodeficiency, autoimmune diseases, or oncology.
It should be added that the new head of the German Ministry of Health is also a supporter of compulsory vaccination. With a clear vaccination campaign, the new variants of the coronavirus will not pose a threat to humanity, he said. At the same time, vaccination will prevent further spread of the virus.
However, as Lauterbach noted, it is likely that booster vaccination against the background of the rapid spread of the new Omicron strain will not be enough. However, the introduction of the fourth dose will depend on whether new strains emerge and how people tolerate the South African variant.
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