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IDPH Adopts CDC COVID Booster Recommendations

THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS ADOPTING THE C-D-C'S RECENT GUIDANCE ON THE COVID-19 BOOSTER SHOT. 

 

FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARE RECOMMENDING A SECOND DOSE OF THE COVID-19 BIVALENT BOOSTER, WHICH PROTECTS AGAINST SOME OF THE LATEST STRAINS OF THE VIRUS. STATE PUBLIC HEALTH SPOKESPERSON MIKE CLAFFEY EXPLAINS WHO THIS APPLIES TO:

 

 

IT'S ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THOSE SIX AND OLDER WHO ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED GET AN ADDITIONAL BIVALENT BOOSTER IF IT'S BEEN AT LEAST TWO MONTHS SINCE THEIR INITIAL DOSE.

 

 

ABOUT 20 PERCENT OF ILLINOIS' TOTAL POPULATION HAS RECEIVED THIS BOOSTER, ALTHOUGH THAT NUMBER IS NEARLY 50 PERCENT AMONG SENIORS.

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