WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden received a dose of the updated Covid-19 vaccine, as well as the annual flu vaccine, his doctor said.
The president’s personal physician, Kevin O’Connor, said the US leader hoped others would follow his lead.
US officials last week authorized an updated version of the anti-Covid 19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, better adapted to the variants of the virus currently in circulation.
They also now recommend that all Americans aged 60 and older receive a vaccine against RSV, the Respiratory Syncytial Virus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this month endorsed the new COVID-19 shot for everyone 6 months and older. The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic has faded, but there are still thousands of hospitalizations and hundreds of deaths in the United States each week.
Experts worry that immunity from previous vaccinations and infections is fading in many people, and a new shot would save many lives.
First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month but experienced only mild symptoms.
The CDC recommends that people who have COVID-19 and are in isolation should wait to get vaccinated until the symptoms are gone and isolation guidelines have been met. Children and adults who have multisystem inflammatory syndrome should wait to get vaccinated until recovering from being sick and 90 days have passed since the diagnosis, according to the CDC.
Biden tested positive for COVID-19 in July 2022 and a second time slightly more than three days after he was cleared to exit coronavirus isolation. The second incident was a rare case of “rebound” infection following treatment with an anti-viral drug. — NNN-AGENCIES
