The Biden administration plans to start to administrate COVID-19 booster shots to citizens by mid- or late September, after authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration. Health officials in US President Joe Biden's administration agreed with the idea that most people should given a booster shot eight months after completing their initial vaccination.
According to the New York Times, health officials are planning to announce the administration's decision earlier this week. The first booster doses likely for nursing home residents and health care workers, followed by other older citizens.
Last week, US regulators authorized third dose of COVID-19 vaccines for people with weakened immune systems. The NYT said Biden's administration aims to let those receiving Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna Vaccine know they will need additional protection against the delta version of the coronavirus. With this, officials also expect that those receiving the vaccine from Johnson & Johnson (J&J), which was authorized as a single dose, will also require additional doses. In view of the increasing threat of the delta variant. Some other countries like Israel and Germany have planned to administer the third dose of the vaccine to its citizens.
US Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock said, "The country has entered yet another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The FDA is especially cognizant that immunocompromised people are particularly at risk for severe disease. After a thorough review of the available data, the FDA determined that this small. Vulnerable group may benefit from a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines. Today's action allows doctors to boost immunity in certain immunocompromised individuals who need extra protection from COVID-19."
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