By EFE
The Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, received a third dose of Moderna's vaccine against COVID-19 this Saturday, a week after the US health authorities authorized the administration of booster injections from that laboratory for vulnerable groups .
Although Harris is not older than 65 and does not have pre-existing conditions, US regulators also allow the third dose for people in jobs at high risk of exposure to the virus.
In this sense,
the White House justified that Harris travels frequently and interacts with a wide range of people
, which authorized her to receive the reinforcement.
Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to receive her Moderna COVID-19 booster shot at the White House on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021.
After being inoculated for the third time against COVID-19, Harris encouraged "everyone who can put on" the booster to do so.
"As we have said from the beginning: vaccines are free, they are safe and they will save your life," said Harris after being vaccinated.
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Harris followed in the footsteps of President Joe Biden, who received his third inoculation on September 27, in this case from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
In the case of Moderna, as in that of Pfizer, the booster dose to be administered six months after receiving the second was approved for those over 65 years of age, as well as for people with immunosuppressive diseases or who live or work in places of risk.
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This group includes those over 65 years of age, adults with diseases such as diabetes or obesity and workers with a higher risk of contagion - such as health workers, teachers or employees of food stores.
Pfizer ensures that the third dose has shown 95.6% protection against coronavirus infections and behaves in a "safe and tolerable" manner.
About two-thirds of Americans, nearly 221 million people, have received at least one injection against COVID-19 and
nearly 17 million have received boosters
, according to official data.