COVID-19 Update #111 for 11/24/2021

COVID-19 Vaccines
 
The FDA approved a booster dose of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for all patients 18 and older on 11/18/2021. On 11/19/2021, the CDC recommended booster doses of both vaccines for the same group of patients. All patients have already been approved to receive a booster of the J&J vaccine.
 
Pfizer and BioNTech announced that follow-up data from their COVID-19 vaccine teen study (NCT04368728) demonstrated 100% efficacy from seven days after the second dose through four months.