U.S. expected to advise COVID booster shots for most Americans at 8 months

Biden administration to advise COVID vaccine boosters for most Americans at 8 months Officials are concerned by the nationwide surge in new COVID cases, driven by the Delta variant. Caitlin Owens,Rebecca Falconer Axios

The Biden administration is coalescing around a plan to give COVID-19 booster shots to most Americans, the New York Times first reported Monday night.

The booster shots would likely be given in the order the initial round of vaccines were administered, or around eight months after someone received the first two mRNA shots or the single Johnson & Johnson jab, a Biden administration official told Axios. This could potentially begin in late September.

• The plan is still subject to approval by the Food and Drug Administration and a CDC advisory committee.

Officials are concerned by the nationwide surge in new coronavirus cases, driven by the highly contagious Delta variant. ...