The FDA's move may shield some of the most vulnerable Americans from the highly contagious delta variant.
Such people – including cancer and HIV patients – in general do not produce an adequate immune response after receiving two doses of a vaccine, U.S. officials say.
A person receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Floyd's Family Pharmacy as cases of the coronavirus disease surge in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, U.S., August 5, 2021. Picture taken August 5, 2021.The Food and Drug Administration authorized Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for people with weakened immune systems, a highly anticipated move intended to shield some of the most vulnerable Americans from the highly contagious delta variant.
"Immunocompromised individuals are vulnerable," Fauci said Thursday. "It is extremely important for us to move to get those individuals their boosters, and we are now working on that, and we will make that be implemented as quickly as possible. ... It is a very high priority."
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