Corona vaccination pass: Jens Spahn announces a shortening of the validity period

Health Minister Spahn
The validity of the digital corona vaccination pass is to be shortened

The acting Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU)

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“Not overnight”, but with certainty: The period of validity of the digital corona vaccination certificate is to be shortened. The executive health minister Jens Spahn (CDU) announced this.

According to the Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU), the validity of the digital corona vaccination certificate, which was previously set to one year, is to be shortened. Since the vaccination protection declines after a few months according to current scientific knowledge, a decision is now pending “that this digital vaccination certificate will be adapted to the actual protective effect”, said Spahn on Saturday at a digital event of his ministry in Berlin.

The shortening will not take place “overnight,” said Spahn. “We’ll do it in such a way that everyone can get a booster to extend the certificate.” With regard to the shortening, he is striving for an EU-wide agreed regulation on the duration of the digital certificate.

Discussions are currently underway on a new period of validity

The vaccination certificates issued so far, which can be saved and shown using a mobile phone app, are limited to twelve months. This period begins two weeks after the second vaccination. In the meantime, however, it has been shown that the vaccination protection wears off after about six months – therefore a booster vaccination is recommended at this time.

According to Lothar Wieler, head of the Robert Koch Institute, the current period of validity of the vaccination passport is currently being discussed. A regulation with transition periods is under discussion, said Wieler at the event with Spahn. Wieler agreed to communicate the new regulation in good time.

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