(CNN) -
After days of long debate among vaccine experts, booster doses of the Pfizer / BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine can now be officially administered to some adults in the United States.
Early Friday morning, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, stepped away from the agency's independent vaccine advisers to recommend reinforcements for one more group. wide range of people: those aged 18 to 64 who are at increased risk for COVID-19 due to their workplaces or institutional settings, as well as older adults, residents of long-term care facilities, and some people with impaired heart disease. underlying health.
The CDC's recommendation includes recommendations made by its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Thursday, when it voted to recommend boosters for people 65 and older and residents of long-term care facilities who received the Pfizer / BioNTech series of vaccines against covid-19 at least 6 months ago and people ages 50 to 64 with underlying medical conditions.
