There still are restrictions on who qualifies and when for a booster. 'We are constantly learning about this virus, growing the evidence base and accumulating more data.' 'These past 20 months have taught us many things, but mostly to have humility,' she told the panel. Rochelle Walensky had the final word on who gets the extra doses. The Food and Drug Administration had already authorized such an expansion of the nation’s booster campaign last Wednesday, and it was also endorsed Thursday by a CDC advisory panel.ĬDC Director Dr. Last week, federal health officials gave final approval for Americans to receive booster shots.Ĭertain people who received Pfizer vaccinations months ago already are eligible for a booster and now the CDC says specific Moderna and Johnson & Johnson recipients qualify, too.Īnd in a bigger change, the agency is allowing the flexibility of 'mixing and matching' that extra dose regardless of which type people received first. They also include organ transplant patients and stem cell recipients, people with advanced HIV, and those who take high doses of corticosteroids or other immunosuppressants.Ī medical professional administers a COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic in New York City on Thursday Those who are moderately to severely immunocompromised are those who are in active cancer treatment for cancers of the blood or for tumors, according to CNN. ‘In such situations, people who are moderately and severely immunocompromised may receive a total of four COVID-19 vaccine doses,’ according to the CDC.
Six months after receiving the third dose, people in that same category ‘may’ receive another dose. The CDC’s updated guidelines state that those who are moderately and severely immunocompromised should ‘immediately’ receive their third shot if more than 28 days has elapsed since receiving the second dose of the mRNA vaccine. Americans who are moderately or severely immunocompromised may need to take a fourth injection of the COVID-19 vaccine at least six months after receiving a third dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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