New Covid Variant Locks Down Largest Chinese City As U.S. Authorizes 2nd Booster
China’s largest city Shanghai, home to 28 million people and a major manufacturing hub, is in its third day of lockdown due to the latest COVID variant.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized a second booster of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna coronavirus vaccines for older people.
On Tuesday, the agency said the second booster dose may be administered to people 50 and older at least four months after the first booster of any approved COVID vaccine.
A CDC survey says an estimated 95% of Americans ages 16 and older have developed identifiable COVID antibodies, which might prevent another major wave of infection.