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Arkansas sees low turnout for boosters
Illustration: Eniola Odetunde/Axios
About 4% of totally vaccinated folks — these with the primary two photographs of Pfizer, Moderna or Novavax or a single shot of Johnson & Johnson — in Arkansas have acquired the brand new bivalent booster shot.
Why it issues: The newest COVID booster is meant to be more practical at concentrating on the BA.4 and BA.5 lineages of the Omicron variant, which makes up most instances of COVID-19 within the U.S.
- Instances, hospitalizations and deaths are likely to rise within the winter, and well being officers suggest getting boosted to chase away the worst outcomes related to COVID-19.
By the numbers: Almost 1.68 million Arkansans are totally vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19, in response to the state Division of Well being. That is about 59% of the inhabitants ages 5 and older.
- Division spokesperson Danyelle McNeill advised Axios on Tuesday that 68,553 Arkansans had acquired the bivalent booster.
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