Wake and Johnston counties began offering a third dose of coronavirus vaccine to certain groups on Monday.
Raleigh, N.C. — Wake and Johnston counties began offering a third dose of coronavirus vaccine to certain groups on Monday. The booster shot is available to people with weakened immune systems who have already received two doses of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines. Those eligible include: People in those groups make up only 3 percent of the population, but they account for 44 percent of the «breakthrough» cases in which fully vaccinated people still get infected. The extra dose was recommended last week by the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. «These are very sick patients at baseline, or they’ve been through some very serious medical things at baseline, so any tool that we can do to protect them first is critical,» said Jason Wittes, Wake County’s pharmacy director.
