It is still recommended for people to get their second dose of Covid-19 vaccine on time, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a White House briefing on Monday.
"Until we have further data," Walensky said, people should continue to follow the data from trials by continuing the schedule of receiving two doses 21 days apart for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and 28 days apart for the Moderna vaccine.
"The policy is that we certainly want everyone who gets a first dose to get their second dose," Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to President Biden and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said during Monday's briefing.
"The first priority will always be to get the people who have gotten their first doses to get their second doses," Fauci said. "A dose that’s available is going to go into someone’s arm. If a person is ready for their second dose, that person will be prioritized."
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