No Need for COVID-19 Booster Shots Yet: Disease Expert

A nurse prepares a Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination as part of a vaccine drive by the Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians in Arleta, Los Angeles, Calif., on Aug. 23, 2021. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

There’s no evidence COVID-19 booster shots are needed yet in Australia, an infectious diseases expert says.

This comes after the Czech Republic announced this week it would offer booster shots to anyone vaccinated at least eight months earlier, joining a growing list of countries stepping up measures to curb the spread of the Delta variant.