US FDA Approves Booster Shot for Elderly

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a booster shot for elderly above 65 years of age. All three Covid-19 vaccines - Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, which are available in the US, provide strong protection against hospitalization.

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for elderly above 65 years of age after six months of full inoculation.

The decision late Friday came after members of the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted against advising the agency to approve boosters for anyone 16 and older after hours of debate, reports Xinhua news agency.

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‘All three Covid-19 vaccines - Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, which are available in the US, provide strong protection against hospitalization.’

Members of the committee expressed doubts about the safety of a booster dose in younger adults and teens, and said they wanted to see more data about the safety and long term efficacy of a booster dose.

A decision about boosters from the FDA is expected in the next few days.

Meanwhile, another advisory panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is also scheduled to meet next week on how to apply the FDA's eventual decision and can fine-tune the recommendation.

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President Joe Biden's administration have recently announced a plan to begin administering booster doses to the general population during the week of September 20, pending sign-offs from the FDA and CDC.

The CDC published data on Friday showing that all three Covid-19 vaccines available in the US -- Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson -- still provide strong protection against hospitalization.

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Moderna's vaccine provided 93 percent protection against hospitalization, Pfizer's was 88 per cent and Johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine was 71 per cent, said the CDC study.

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Source-IANS