US ‘to recommend Covid vaccine boosters for eight months after second jab’

US ‘to recommend Covid vaccine boosters for eight months after second jab’

Federal health officials have been actively looking at whether extra shots for the vaccinated would be needed as early as this fall. Picture: Getty Images

US experts are expected to recommend Covid-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans eight months after they received their second dose of the shot.

The move for all people regardless of age is aimed at ensuring lasting protection against the coronavirus as the delta variant spreads across the country.

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