NEW: Federal officials are recommending that people get COVID booster shots eight months after being fully vaccinated over concerns about whether immunity is waning as the Delta variant surges in the US.
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Currently, the boosters are only for people who gotPfizer or Moderna vaccines. Third shots for nursing home residents, health care workers, and other seniors will begin on September 20.
Officials also said people who received the Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine will likely need a booster, but are waiting on additional data in the next few weeks.
The vaccines still currently provide strong protection against severe illness, hospitalizations, and deaths. But health officials have grown worried about declining immunity over time, especially in the face of the more contagious Delta variant.
The move comes at a tense moment in global vaccination efforts. In many developing nations, fewer than 3 percent of people are fully vaccinated and the World Health Organization recently called for a moratorium on booster shots in rich countries.
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