Virus shot categories to open up by April, predicts Dr Fauci

WASHINGTON: Dr Anthony Fauci predicts by April it will be “open season” for vaccinations in the US, as supply boosts allow most people to get shots to protect against COVID-19. Speaking to NBC’s “Today Show,” Fauci, who serves as science adviser to President joe Biden, says the rate of vaccinations will greatly accelerate in the coming months.

He credits forthcoming deliveries of the two approved vaccines, the potential approval of a third and moves taken by the Biden administration to increase the nation’s capacity to deliver doses.