COVID booster

• Pfizer COVID-19 booster effective against virus, Delta strain, company says

  Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said its COVID-19 booster shot is highly effective against the virus, including the Delta variant, according to in-house studies.

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  Oct 21
• U.S. health regulators poised to make call on COVID-19 booster doses

  The U.S. FDA's Doran Fink previewed "some announcements later today," which were expected to include allowing the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster doses.

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  Oct 20
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• WHO’s EU head backs COVID-19 boosters — but only for the vulnerable

  Kluge quickly added that wealthy countries with excess vaccine doses still "need to share" with the countries that are lacking them.

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  Aug 30
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• 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.

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  Aug 24
• 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."

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  Aug 23
• COVID-19 booster shots a ‘mockery’ of vaccine equity, head of WHO Africa says

  Matshidiso Moeti and other African health officials, including the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, had warned against booster shots in recent weeks.

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  Aug 19
• U.S. will give COVID-19 vaccine boosters to all Americans amid Delta surge

  The plan, as outlined by the head of the CDC and other top authorities, calls for an extra dose eight months after people get their second shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

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  Aug 18
• U.S. FDA OKs COVID-19 vaccine boosters for immunocompromised

  A few other countries, such as Israel and Germany, plan to or have already administered the third shot to avoid another crisis due to the contagious Delta variant.

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  Aug 13
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• 3rd dose of established COVID-19 vaccine best way to fight Delta variant: BioNTech

  The German biotech firm said a third dose of its established two-shot vaccine remained the best response to concerns over waning immune protection in the face of the Delta variant.

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  Aug 9
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• Israel OKs COVID-19 booster shot for seniors as Delta variant spreads

  In a national address, it was shared the country's president, Isaac Herzog, would be the first to get the booster on Friday. It will be offered to the general public on Sunday.

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  Jul 29