Public health and medical experts from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the following statement today on the Administration’s plan for COVID-19 booster shots for Americans.
This statement is excerpted below:
“The COVID-19 vaccines authorized in the USA continue to be remarkably effective in reducing the risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death, even against the widely circulating Delta variant.
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