But a more general application will have to wait, as the European Medicines Agency (EMA) assesses vaccine data.
The EMA also handles policy on booster vaccines, and while it does, the EU27 can “consider preparatory plans for administering boosters and additional doses”, the ECDC added.
The UK’s vaccine advisory body, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), has followed a similar path.
The organisation has not rolled out boosters and is recommending a third jab for the vulnerable.