No COVID-19 booster shot needed ‘at this time,’ FDA and CDC say

By Jeremy Beaman

Published July 9, 2021 1:51am ET

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No COVID-19 booster shot needed ‘at this time,’ FDA and CDC say — A lab technician working a bottle containing for COVID-19 vaccine testing at Chula Vaccine Research Center, run by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 25, 2020. Thai health officials said that scientists in Thailand have had promising results in testing a COVID-19 vaccine candidate on mice, and have begun testing on monkeys. | (Sakchai Lalit/AP)

Individuals who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 “do not need a booster shot at this time,” federal health authorities said Thursday evening.

The announcement comes as the aggressive COVID-19 delta variant spread, following news that broke earlier Thursday that Pfizer, the manufacturer of the first vaccine to be authorized for emergency use in the United States, plans to apply for authorization for a booster shot.

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