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Wall Street Journal: US vaccine panel signals preliminary support for Covid-19 booster shots

Published July 23, 2021. Updated July 23 at 6:48 am

A healthcare worker administers a dose of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine to a patient at a vaccination centre in the GUM, State Department store in Moscow on July 2, 2021.

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A panel of health experts advising the U.S. government on vaccines expressed preliminary support for giving Covid-19 boosters to immunocompromised people, but said they were waiting for regulatory action before making a formal recommendation.