The European Union said Monday it's “critical” that authorities in the 27-nation bloc consider giving second coronavirus booster shots as a new wave of the pandemic sweeps over the continent.
Health experts say that because of the recent domination of the COVID-19 omicron variant's subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5, infections are ramping up in the U.S. which could spell out a new normal for preventative health measures.The European Union said Monday it's "critical" that authorities in the 27-nation bloc consider giving secondbooster shots to people between the ages of 60 and 79 years and other vulnerable people, as a new wave of the pandemic sweeps over the continent.
The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control and the European Medicines Agency said that the second boosters can be given at least four months after the first booster.
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