Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster doses will be available starting Friday to people in Vermont who are 80 years of age and older, state officials say.
The announcement follows the Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) expanded emergency use authorization for the Pfizer vaccine, to permit a third booster shot to be administered 6 months after certain individuals received their second dose. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met this week to vote on its recommendations for boosters, following the FDA’s action.
The CDC will convene today to review those recommendations.