ToplineUnder pressure from President Joe Biden, the Food and Drug Administration is planning to introduce a strategy for Americans to receive Covid-19 booster shots to be announced as soon as early September, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday afternoon. Getty ImagesKey FactsUnnamed sources told the Journal that the FDA hopes to have guidelines for who should get a booster shot and when. People in low-income countries, where just 1% of people have received at least one shot, need first vaccine doses more than people in wealthy countries need a booster shot, said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Pfizer and Moderna have each said that their vaccines lose some strength over time, the Journal reported, and that they will ask the FDA to approve a third shot as a booster dose. Further ReadingFDA Covid-19 Vaccine Booster Plan Could Be Ready Within Weeks (Wall Street Journal)Ignoring WHO call, major nations stick to vaccine booster plans (Reuters)Stop Giving Booster Shots So Poor Countries Can Have Vaccines, WHO Says (Forbes)

Source: Forbes August 05, 2021 21:46 UTC