Overview

• More than 350 pharmacies and medical practices will offer flu and Covid-19 shots into the evening during the third annual “Lange Nacht des Impfens.”
• STIKO advises annual boosters for people 60 and older as well as other risk groups, with costs covered by statutory insurers in defined cases.
• Only about 38 percent of Germans over 60 received an influenza shot in 2023/24, far below the WHO target of 75 percent for that age group.
• A new Civey survey reports a notable drop in positive views on vaccination among 18‑ to 29‑year‑olds, pointing to growing vaccine fatigue.
• Pharmacies are authorized under §20c to vaccinate and thousands are trained, while new research links influenza to increased clotting that raises short‑term stroke and heart‑attack risk.