Young Healthy Adults Don’t Necessarily Need 2nd Booster Shot as Risk of Hospitalization Is ‘Very, Very Low’: Ontario’s Medical Officer

Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, speaks at a press conference during the COVID-19 pandemic, at Queen’s Park in Toronto on April 11, 2022. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press

Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kieran Moore says healthy adults do not necessarily need a second booster shot for COVID-19, as the risk of hospitalization is “very, very low.”

“We are doing a risk-based approach. There’s always a risk to having any therapeutic versus a benefit,” Moore said at a press conference on July 13.