MADISON, WI (WSAU) — Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services has announced it will recommend certain immunocompromised individuals receive a third dose of either Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to boost immunity.
“Our nation’s leading medical experts have reviewed the available data and made this recommendation to improve protection against COVID-19 for some of our most vulnerable populations,” said DHS Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake. “Clinical experts reviewing data from the first months of administering COVID-19 vaccines have determined that certain medical conditions and treatments keep people from building the full immunity we would expect from the original two-dose mRNA vaccine series.”
In recent days the US Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have booth given their approval for third doses to be administered to those with specific medical conditions or who are receiving treatments that are associated with moderate to severe immune compromise.
A news release from the Department of Health Services did not specify when those 3rd shots would be administered, or what conditions would qualify an individual for a booster.
