The CDC now recommends Pfizer boosters after 5 months, down from 6

January 4, 202212:28 PM ET

by Becky Sullivan, NPR

People who were initially immunized with two shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine should receive a booster shot after five months, rather than six, according to a new recommendation from the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The move comes after the Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorized the change in the Pfizer booster interval, saying that a third shot after five months may “provide better protection sooner for individuals against the highly transmissible omicron variant.”

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