US panel recommends boosters for people 65 and older. Here are other Covid19 updates: 🇦🇺 Australia's Victoria reports 535 cases 🇧🇷 Brazil adds 333 more fatalities 🇲🇽 Mexico reports 3,754 cases For more:
An OSU senior receives his second dose of the Pfizer coronavirus disease vaccine at a clinic at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, US, September 15, 2021. A panel of leading US medical experts advising the government voted in favour of authorising boosters of Pfizer's virus vaccine for everyone aged 65 and up, as well as people at high risk of developing severe Covid.
The decisions came after a day-long meeting full of data presentations and at times charged debate that was convened by the Food and Drug Administration . Tens of millions of Americans will soon be eligible for a third shot.Mexico's Health Ministry reported 3,754 new confirmed cases of the virus in the country and 192 deaths, bringing the total number of official infections since the pandemic began to 3,552,983 and the death toll to 270,538.
Of the infections, 62 were linked to existing outbreaks, the health department said on its Twitter account.Surges in virus cases in several US states this week, along with staffing and equipment shortages, are exacting a mounting toll on hospitals and their workers even as the number of new admissions nationwide ebbs, leading to warnings at some facilities that care would be rationed.
Due to the pandemic, many EU countries had stopped issuing travel visas and had even banned the entry of Turkish people with valid travel permits.
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