Walgreens U.S. stores start administering Moderna, J&J COVID-19 booster By Reuters
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Walgreens retailer is seen in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Eileen T. Meslar
(Reuters) -Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc stated on Friday its U.S. shops began administering COVID-19 booster pictures from Moderna (NASDAQ:) Inc and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:), a day after the nation’s well being regulator advisable the extra doses.
The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday stated People may also select a special shot from their unique inoculation as a booster.
Rivals Walmart (NYSE:) Inc, Ceremony Assist (NYSE:) Corp and CVS Well being Corp (NYSE:) didn’t instantly reply to Reuters request for touch upon their plans to roll out J&J and Moderna vaccine boosters.
U.S. well being regulators have advisable a second dose of J&J’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine for 18-year olds and above who acquired the primary shot a minimum of 2 months earlier.
In addition they advisable a 3rd shot of Moderna’s two-dose vaccine six months after the second dose for folks aged a minimum of 65 and people at excessive danger of extreme illness and publicity to the virus by their jobs.
The FDA and CDC final month signed off on booster pictures of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc (NYSE:) and associate BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:) for a similar teams as for Moderna.
U.S. pharmacy chains together with Walgreens, Ceremony Assist and CVS started administering booster doses of Pfizer/BioNTech at their shops on Sept. 24.
About 11.6 million folks have acquired extra doses of Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines since Aug. 13, when immunocompromised People began receiving extra doses.
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