The United States is likely to start recommending COVID-19 vaccines annually, health officials said on Tuesday, as new boosters designed to fight currently circulating variants of the coronavirus roll out.
By the end of this week, 90% of Americans will live within 5 miles (8 km) of sites carrying updated vaccines, U.S. health secretary Xavier Becerra said at a White House briefing.
Officials said people could get the new boosters this fall or winter alongside their regular annual flu shots.
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