NACI Recommends Three COVID 19 Shots for Immunocompromised Children

A health worker prepares a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a community health center in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 16, 2022. AP/Eraldo Peres

OTTAWA—The National Advisory Committee on Immunization now recommends immunocompromised kids between the ages of five and 11 be offered a third dose of an mRNA vaccine to protect them against COVID-19.

NACI says evidence shows that some moderately to severely immunocompromised people may have a reduced immune response to COVID-19 vaccines.