The US government said on Wednesday it plans to make Covid-19 vaccine booster shots widely available to all Americans starting on 20 September.
The US government said on Wednesday it plans to make Covid-19 vaccine booster shots widely available to all Americans starting on Sept. 20 as infections rise from the Delta variant of the coronavirus.
The booster shots initially will be given primarily to healthcare workers, nursing home residents and older people, all of whom were among the first groups to be vaccinated in late 2020 and early 2021, the department said.Top US health officials said in a joint statement that they based their decision to offer boosters on data showing that the protectiveness of Covid-19 shots currently authorized in the United States begins to diminish in the months after the shots are given.
"The available data make very clear that protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection begins to decrease over time ... and in association with the dominance of the Delta variant, we are starting to see evidence of reduced protection against mild and moderate disease," the officials said.
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