US Health Officials Say Booster Doses of Covid-19 Vaccine Will Be Offered To All Americans Starting Sept. 20

(CNN) – Public health officials and US medical experts announced in a joint statement Wednesday that booster doses of the covid-19 vaccine will be offered this fall, subject to authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration. And approval by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“We are prepared to offer booster doses for all Americans beginning the week of September 20 and beginning 8 months after a person’s second dose,” said US health officials, including the director of CDC, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, and Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock, in the statement.

“At that time, people who were fully vaccinated in the early stages of vaccination, including many healthcare providers, nursing home residents, and other seniors, will likely be eligible for a booster dose. We would also begin efforts. to administer the booster vaccines directly to residents of long-term care facilities at that time, given the distribution of vaccines to this population at the beginning of the process and the continued increase in the risk that COVID-19 represents for them, “said the release.

Officials write that licensed covid-19 vaccines are “remarkably effective in reducing the risk of severe illness, hospitalization, and death, including against the widely circulating delta variant,” but it is clear that protection against coronavirus begins to decline with time.