Booster Vaccine

• COVID-19: 4th dose booster eligibility opens Thursday to those aged 60-plus in London-Middlesex

  The second booster comes amid an uptick in hospitalizations across the province, and as wastewater surveillance data suggests high rates of COVID-19 infection.

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  Apr 6, 2022
  
• Omicron and vaccines: Experts break down the science behind COVID-19 jabs

  Experts say a third COVID-19 dose is needed to increase the level of antibodies following their decline. However, it's not clear how long an mRNA booster dose remains effective.

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  Jan 14, 2022
  
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• U.S. expands Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots to 16 and 17-year-olds

  The authorization comes a day after Pfizer released data suggesting that COVID-19 booster shots could be key to protection against infection from the new Omicron variant.

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  Dec 9, 2021
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• COVID-19 booster shot bookings for 50-plus begin Dec. 13 in Guelph: public health

  Guelph's public health unit says residents who are 50 years of age and older can start to book appointments for a third COVID-19 vaccination beginning Dec. 13. 

  Health

  Dec 2, 2021
• COVID-19 vaccine boosters taming Delta variant in Israel, health officials claim

  On July 30, Israel began administering a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine to people over 60, the first country in the world to do so.

  World

  Aug 24, 2021
• COVID-19 vaccine booster strategy risks emergence of new variants, WHO head warns

  The WHO Director-General called on countries offering third vaccine doses to share with other countries "so (they) can increase their first and second vaccination coverage."

  Health

  Aug 23, 2021