On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized both for certain populations.īoosters for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine were OK’d in September for people 65 and older and those in high-risk conditions. Rochelle Walensky signs off on the recommendation, which is expected to happen quickly, Moderna and J&J boosters can be offered in the U.S. The vote by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was unanimous, and it could open the door for the boosters to be available by the weekend. CDC panel gives unanimous OK to Moderna, J&J booster shots and to mixing and matchingĪ federal committee voted Thursday to allow booster shots of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines and also to permit mixing and matching of the extra doses from different manufacturers than the ones provided in the initial inoculations. Want more? Sign up for USA TODAY's Coronavirus Watch newsletter to receive updates directly to your inbox and join our Facebook group. Keep refreshing this page for the latest news.
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Here's who can get a booster shot now. And here are answers to other questions about boosters, including information on mixing and matching. ? What we're reading: The FDA granted authorization for booster shots of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, and a CDC panel will consider whether to approve them. More than 189.9 million Americans – 57.5% of the population – are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Global totals: More than 242.3 million cases and 4.9 million deaths. has recorded more than 45.2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and more than 732,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Pete Ricketts announced he’s ending the restrictions that have kept facilities from being overwhelmed with patients during the coronavirus pandemic. ►Nebraska hospitals can resume lower-priority surgeries starting Friday after Gov. Georgia reached an all-time high jobless rate of 12.5% at the start of the pandemic in April 2020. ►Georgia’s unemployment rate fell to an all-time low of 3.2% in September, the 17th month in a row that the state’s jobless rate has dropped. President Vladimir Putin has encouraged but not mandated vaccines, which have been met with widespread skepticism.
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►Amid Russia's worst surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths since the pandemic began, restaurants, movie theaters and many retail stores in Moscow will be closed for 11 days starting Oct. Marianne Campbell Smith was sentenced her to 40 hours of community service, a year of informal probation and a $200 fine. ►A Southern California woman who refused to wear a mask or leave a grocery store last year was convicted of trespassing and obstructing a business or customers. ►A federal judge in Oregon denied an exemption from the state's vaccine mandate to seven unvaccinated workers who said they don't need the shots because they've already had COVID-19, the Washington Post reported.
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“These results provide further evidence of the benefits of boosters as we aim to keep people well-protected against this disease,” Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said in a statement. In a trial of more than 10,000 people age 16 and older who were fully vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech shots, the companies found only five cases of COVID-19 in the boosted group compared to 109 in the placebo group, for an efficacy of 95.6%. No safety concerns were reported. Put together, Thursday's developments figure to accelerate the nation's booster program, which the Biden administration has promoted. The Pfizer-BioNTech booster shots were authorized for certain populations in the U.S. The news came on the same day a CDC advisory panel voted unanimously to allow booster shots of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines and to permit the extra doses to be of a different brand than the original shots.
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Watch Video: If you had COVID and were double vaccinated you may not need a boosterįully vaccinated people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech booster shot in a large trial were at a 95.6% lower risk of COVID-19 infection than fully vaccinated people who received a placebo, the companies said Thursday.