Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kieran Moore says healthy adults do not necessarily need a second booster shot for COVID-19, as the risk of hospitalization is “very, very low.”
“We are doing a risk-based approach. There’s always a risk to having any therapeutic versus a benefit,” Moore said at a press conference on July 13.
Moore was announcing that Ontario will expand eligibility for the fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot to include all adults starting July 14 at 8 a.m., but those who are under 60 and healthy can choose to wait until the fall for a new shot that’s expected to better target Omicron variants….