About 12 million Americans have already received the latest COVID-19 vaccine.
Mandy Cohen, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, visited a Center City Philadelphia Walgreens to encourage people to get vaccinated for COVID on Monday, October 23, 2023.The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention visited a Center City Walgreens on Monday morning to encourage residents to get the latest COVID-19 vaccine ahead of “sick season” — the fall and winter months when respiratory viruses circulate.
She visited Philadelphia several weeks after the vaccine was officially rolled out — and some residents here had reported difficulties getting their shots because of shipping issues, and challenges getting them covered by insurance. Those issues have been largely rectified, she said. People over that age, or people with medical conditions that put them at a higher risk for serious illness, should get the vaccine as soon as possible, she said. The new vaccines are also important to get because they’ve been tailored to combat the latest strains of the virus now circulating.
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