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U.S. health authorities have expanded the 3rd dose of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines and booster shots to all adults. This is a measure taken as the number of corona confirmed cases increases again in winter.
Correspondent Kim Jong-won from New York.
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration and FDA decided to expand the target of additional vaccinations and booster shots, which had been limited to the elderly 65 years of age or older or the vulnerable group, to all adults 18 years of age or older.
It will be implemented as soon as it gets one more approval from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and CDC.
[Peter Marks / FDA Vaccines work collectively: if the Janssen vaccine across two months are exceeded, or if the six not right Pfizer and Moderate or vaccine moon crossed now go all adults was able to do the vaccination]
The FDA The decision was made just two months after pharmaceutical companies applied for emergency use of BoosterShot in September, and at the time, the US health authorities approved booster vaccination only for some subjects, including the elderly, due to the lack of scientific evidence on whether BoosterShot should be used. .
However, it is analyzed that the number of corona confirmed patients has recently increased in the winter season, and the decision has been changed ahead of holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas when large population migration occurs.
[Rochelle Wallensky/US CDC Director: Given that those who received the booster shot had a significantly lower chance of contracting the coronavirus, booster vaccinations are effective.]
In the United States, 17% of adults who have been vaccinated for the first time so far have received a booster shot.