In a statement, officials emphasized that 'vaccination is our best defense' amid the surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the arrival of the omicron variant.
, officials said that people aged 18 and older who got Moderna’s vaccine can get booster shots of either the vaccine developed by Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech or Johnson & Johnson “at least months” after being fully vaccinated. Officials with the FDA said an emergency use authorization issued for the Moderna vaccine had been amended to allow for the shortened timeline.
“The country is in the middle of a wave of the highly contagious omicron variant, which spreads more rapidly than the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and other variants that have emerged,” Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said in a statement. “Vaccination is our best defense against COVID-19, including the circulating variants, and shortening the length of time between completion of a primary series and a booster dose may help reduce waning immunity.
“We encourage everyone to get vaccinated—it’s never too late to get your COVID-19 vaccine or booster,” Marks said.
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