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Monitoring group-level immunity is critical for assessing population susceptibility to newly circulating variants and updateability of imprinted immunity after exposure. We established a closely monitored cohort of 58 fully vaccinated adults in Berlin, Germany. Of these, 49 had at least one previous Omicron infection. In September 2023 and again in September 2024, we analyzed neutralizing antibody responses using full-virus plaque reduction neutralization tests against seven SARS-CoV-2 variants: B.1, BA.2, BA.5, EG.5.1, JN.1, KP.3.1.1, and XEC. Vaccination and exposure histories were traced using medical records, RT-PCR testing of any episode of respiratory tract infection, and serological testing for subclinical infections. Infecting variants were determined by sequencing or from unequivocal variant circulation at the time of positive testing. Titers from September 2023 included responses to both then-current and future variants. 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Ongoing monitoring is needed to assess the need for further vaccine updates.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:sec>\n                      <jats:title>IMPORTANCE<\/jats:title>\n                      <jats:p>As new Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants continue to emerge, understanding how population immunity evolves is essential to guide vaccine updates and public health strategies. Our study follows a group of fully vaccinated adults for 1 year (September 2023 to September 2024) to track how infection and vaccination affect the ability to neutralize new viral variants. Despite the continued emergence of immune escape variants, the results show that infection with recent variants helps to \u201cupdate\u201d immunity at the group level, even against newer variants such as KP.3.1.1 and XEC, although titers to new variants were low, confirming the existence of immune imprinting. 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