(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The United States plans to provide the public with a booster shot of the new crown vaccine from September 20
China News Agency, Washington, August 18 (Reporter Sha Hanting) The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Valensky and other officials of the Biden government medical institutions issued a joint statement on the 18th local time, saying that the United States plans to The new crown vaccine booster shot will be provided to the public from September 20th.
In addition to Valensky, the officials who issued the joint statement include Janet Woodcock, Acting Director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Collins, Dean of the National Institutes of Health, and National Allergy and Infection. Fauci, director of the Institute of Disease Research, et al.
The statement said that according to the latest assessment, the effectiveness of the new crown vaccine in preventing severe illness, hospitalization, and death will be reduced in the next few months, especially for people who are at high risk and who are vaccinated early.
Therefore, the United States plans to provide the public with a booster shot of the new crown vaccine from September 20.
A booster can be given 8 months after the second dose of Pfizer or Modena vaccine.
According to regulations, Pfizer and Modena vaccine boosters must be approved by the FDA for their safety and efficacy before they can be released to the public.
The FDA has previously approved a booster shot of Pfizer or Modena's new crown vaccine for people with low immunity.
Medical officials also said that for groups who had previously received a dose of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine, it is expected that a booster shot should also be needed in the future, but there is not enough data to support it.
On the same day, the CDC announced three studies showing that although the new crown vaccine is still very effective in preventing severe illness, its effectiveness in preventing infection has decreased significantly.
One study of 15,000 nursing home staff showed that the effective rate of the new crown vaccine in preventing infection was 74% in March, April, and May, and dropped to 53% in June and July.
Experts from the World Health Organization oppose the practice of vaccinating the new crown vaccine booster in the United States and other countries.
WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan recently stated that current data do not indicate that everyone needs to be vaccinated with booster shots, and that preventing billions of people in developing countries from accessing vaccines may lead to "more mutant strains and More serious consequences".
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