: Covid-19: People with weak immunity likely to get booster shots earlier, says US health expert #IndiaNEWS Anthony Fauci, the chief medical advisor to United States President Joe Biden, on Sunday said

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Covid-19: People with weak immunity likely to get booster shots earlier, says US health expert #IndiaNEWS
Anthony Fauci, the chief medical advisor to United States President Joe Biden, on Sunday said that the country would administer booster shots to Covid-19 vaccine beneficiaries with weaker immunity before giving them to the rest of the population, reported CNN.Fauci made the comment while speaking about the Delta variant of the coronavirus in an interview with the news channel. He noted that people with weakened immunity, including those who underwent organ transplants or those being treated for cancer, mostly did not get an adequate immune response.“We need to look at them in a different light,� he said. “We will almost certainly be boosting those people [with weak immunity] before we boost the general population that’s been vaccinated, and we should be doing that reasonably soon.�Fauci also responded to a question on whether the American government would immediately start providing booster shots to the elderly. “The CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] follows a group of cohorts of individuals - cohorts of the elderly, those in nursing homes, and younger people,� he told CNN. “As soon as they see that the level of durability of protection goes down, you will see the recommendation to vaccinate those individuals.�On August 1, Fauci warned that things would get worse as...Read more

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