INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
COVID-19 booster shots are on track to become as frequent as the annual flu shot, though high-risk people may need more than one dose per
year, Biden administration officials said Tuesday.For a large majority of Americans, we are moving to a point where a single annual COVID
shot should provide a high degree of protection against serious illness all year,& White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha said
during a briefing.Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden and director of the National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, conveyed a similar message, saying that &in the absence of a dramatically
different variant, we likely are moving towards a path with a vaccination cadence similar to that of the annual influenza vaccine.The move
could provide clarity and possibly simplicity for people who have been trying to keep track of if and when they should get a COVID-19
booster.The most recent announcement about booster shots came last week when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended
people 12 and older get another COVID-19 booster dose in the coming weeks.The post COVID-19 vaccine may become annual, like flu shot first
