The new Omicron-specific COVID booster shots should be available for eligible residents come mid-September, officials say.
With new COVID-19 boosters expected later this year, health experts urge Californians not to put off a first or second booster shot until then.
But others may decide to wait a bit, until October or November, as the booster’s potency will likely wane over time, as has been the case with other vaccine doses. In the pandemic’s first fall-and-winter wave, coronavirus cases in California began increasing in November and accelerated sharply in December. In last year’s fall-and-winter wave, cases began spiking in December.
Coronavirus case rates are continuing to fall. For the seven-day period that ended Tuesday, the state reported an average of 8,119 new coronavirus cases per day, a decrease of 32% compared to two weeks ago,Over that same period, L.A. County reported about 2,700 coronavirus cases a day, down 16% from the prior week, and a decline of 60% from the summer peak of nearly 6,900 cases a day.
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