German health ministers on Monday unanimously approved a plan to begin administering COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to elderly and at-risk citizens beginning September 1. The move comes as the contagious delta variant of the coronavirus continues its rapid spread and tests suggest vaccine efficacy fades after time. Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn and the country’s 16 state health ministers also voted to recommend vaccinating all 12-17 year olds, a move that exceeds guidelines set out by the country’s vaccine regulator STIKO. “We have enough vaccine for all. That’s why it’s good that the states also want to make vaccines easily available to …
