The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States has approved booster doses of Pfizer/and BioNTech's Moderna's Covid-19 vaccinations for all adults in the United States. "CDC continues to encourage the 47 million adults who have not yet been vaccinated to do so as soon as possible to protect themselves, their families, loved ones, and communities," the CDC said in a statement released on Friday.

According to reports, this recommendation clarifies that every adult should or may get a booster six months after finishing the first two doses, as opposed to the previous one, which only suggested boosters to people 65 and older, as well as certain adults at high risk of infection or severe disease. Several CDC consultants expressed hope that the new age-based standards will help clarify who is eligible for the extra vaccinations. 

The US Food and Drug Administration approved booster doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccinations for anybody above the age of 18 on Friday.

As of Friday, 229,291,004 persons had gotten at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine, representing for 69.1 percent of the total US population; completely vaccinated people accounted for 195,920,566, or 59 percent of the total. According to CDC data, 33,454,832 persons, or 17.1 percent of the fully vaccinated group, had gotten booster injections.

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