Fauci: COVID-19 Boosters May Have to Be Taken Every 5 Years

Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser and head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks to a congressional panel in Washington on Jan. 11, 2022. Greg Nash/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said COVID-19 booster shots may only be necessary for some people every few years rather than annually.

“It will depend on who you are,” Fauci told the Financial Times in an interview published on Feb. 9, “but if you are a normal, healthy 30-year-old person with no underlying conditions, you might need a booster only every four or five years.”