The chief executive of Pfizer says people will probably need a third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine within 12 months of being fully inoculated and may have to receive annual booster jabs.
“There will be likely a need for a third dose somewhere between six and 12 months and then from there, there will be an annual revaccination,” Albert Bourla said in an interview with CVS Health that aired on Thursday.
As the US continues to vaccinate millions of people per day, attention has turned to emerging safely from the pandemic and the extent to which annual vaccinations similar to flu jabs will be required to keep the virus under control in the long term.