Puerto Rico Mandates COVID-19 Booster Shots for Students Over Age 12

Health workers raise green signs to let know they are available to vaccinate people at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 31, 2021. Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images

Students aged 12 and older are required to get a COVID-19 booster shot in Puerto Rico as the governor of the island nation announced a string of new measures on Thursday targeting public schools, the entertainment sector, and tourism.

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, a Democrat, stressed in a series of posts on social media that every eligible Puerto Rican “should get their booster as soon as possible.”