Switzerland recommends COVID-19 booster shots for over 65s, but not general population

FILE PHOTO: A health worker draws Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine into a syringe inside the COVID-19 Impftram vaccination tram during a media presentation in Zurich, Switzerland September 14, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) -Switzerland said on Tuesday it was recommending COVID-19 booster shots for people over 65 but not for the general population.

The vaccinations would start from mid-November and should be done at least six months after the patients received their second dose, Switzerland's health ministry and vaccination commission (EKIF) said in a statement.