Swiss Office of Public Health drops recommendation for COVID-19 vaccination
“Coronavirus Vaccination: Basically, no Covid-19 vaccination is recommended in spring/summer 2023. Individuals who are particularly at risk can be vaccinated after individual assessment. […]
Is vaccination recommended in spring/summer 2023?
Basically, no Covid-19 vaccination is recommended in spring/summer 2023. Almost everyone in Switzerland is vaccinated and/or has been through Covid-19. Your immune system has dealt with the corona virus accordingly. In spring/summer 2023 the virus will probably circulate less. The current virus variants also cause a rather mild course of the disease. The vaccination recommendation will be re-evaluated for autumn 2023 and adjusted accordingly.
What applies to particularly vulnerable people?
Even particularly vulnerable people are currently not recommended a Covid 19 vaccination. However, you can get a vaccination after individual consultation with your doctor. Vaccination can be useful in individual cases because it improves protection against serious illness for several months. This applies regardless of the total number of vaccinations that you have already received.
Those at particular risk include:
People aged 65 and over
People aged 16 and over with a chronic illness
People aged 16 and over with trisomy 21 pregnant women
If a wave of infection should become apparent in spring/summer 2023, the vaccination recommendation would be adjusted.”