Israel starts giving Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots to at-risk population

Israel is offering Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots to people with weakened immune systems, as the country mulls whether an added jab is necessary for the general population.

Israel’s health minister, Nitzan Horowitz, announced Sunday that immunocompromised people in the highly vaccinated country who had received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine could get an immediate booster shot, the Guardian reported. “These are for instance people who have undergone organ transplants or suffer from a medical condition which causes a drop in immunity,” Horowitz explained, according to the outlet.