US experts expected to recommend Covid booster shots for all

Amid alarm among federal officials about the spread of the Delta variant, authorities are set to recommend a third dose

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All Americans should have Covid-19 vaccine booster shots eight months after they received their second dose, experts are expected to recommend, as officials race to stop the Delta variant spreading across the country.

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