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Austria: Single dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine ‘no longer valid’ for Covid pass

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Published: 29 Dec, 2021 CET. Updated: Wed 29 Dec 2021 18:41 CET
Austria: Single dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine ‘no longer valid’ for Covid pass
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 5, 2021 vials and syringes of the Johnson and Johnson Janssen Covid-19 vaccine are displayed at a Culver City Fire Department vaccination clinic in California. - The Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine is more effective when given as a two-dose regime, according to new data released by the company on September 21, 2021. A second shot given 56 days after the first provided 75 percent protection against symptomatic Covid in a global clinical trial, with that level rising to 94 percent in the United States. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP)
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Anyone vaccinated with a single dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine in Austria will no longer be deemed fully vaccinated from January 3rd, 2022, onwards, unless they have received a second dose.

This change in vaccine validity was first announced by the government in November.

Approximately 260,000 people have been vaccinated with the J&J vaccine in Austria since the start of the vaccination campaign. 

Of those, around 75,000 have not received a booster. 

The Austrian government has for some time recommended people who received the J&J vaccine - along with those who were vaccinated with Astra Zeneca - to get an mRNA vaccine (either Moderna or Pfizer/Biontech) as a booster. 

Anyone who has received the Johnson and Johnson jab is recommended to get a booster shot 28 days afterwards. 

The reason for the policy change is a belief that the J&J jab has a lower effectiveness against the Omicron variant, the government confirmed on Wednesday. 

“The requirement for a second vaccination with Janssen in order to receive a valid vaccination certificate is based on the latest scientific data that are available to us in Austria” the government said on Wednesday. 

“In the case of a Janssen vaccination, a refresher of the vaccination protection seems to be necessary - especially in view of the Omikron variant. 

“Therefore, we call on all people who have been vaccinated once with Janssen to be vaccinated again for their own protection.”

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Anonymous
The real goal worldwide is to eliminate any control group for the current mRNA vaccine test phase. Why don't you add something useful to the report? Like listing all vaccines accepted by Austria: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20011574&Artikel=&Paragraf=&Anlage=5&Uebergangsrecht
Anonymous
Why is there no discussion of monoclonal antibody treatment in Austria? How many people would have been kept out of the hospital with a proper early outpatient monoclonal antibody program during the Delta wave? See Florida’s program. The obsession with the current Covid vaccines is becoming stranger by the day given emerging data showing poor effectiveness against Omicron.

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