NBA recommends booster shots to players, coaches, referees
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NBA recommends booster shots to players, coaches, referees

The Hindu  

The NBA told its players, coaches and referees on Sunday that they should receive booster shots against COVID-19, with particular urgency for those who received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The league and the National Basketball Players Association — working jointly based on guidance from the NBA’s public health and infectious disease experts — said those who received Johnson & Johnson shots more than two months ago should get a booster. READ : NBA: Trail Blazers launch probe amid claims against Olshey Data used to make the league's determinations showed that antibody levels for Pfizer and Moderna recipients wane after six months, and after two months for Johnson & Johnson recipients. “A lot of guys have had this and they are mad, like ‘What the hell, I’m fine.’ Tobias is not in that category right now, I can tell you that.” READ : NBA roundup: Miami Heat hangs on to defeat Utah Jazz In some cases, those who are vaccinated but elect to not receive a booster would be subjected to game-day testing again starting December 1, the NBA said.

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