Are Two Shots Enough? Health Groups Call for Booster Mandate

Health-care workers should be required to get Covid-19 booster shots, an array of organizations representing medical professionals, patients, and seniors is urging the Biden administration.

They say the government’s mandate needs to be updated in order to keep patients and staff safe as the fast-spreading omicron variant continues to overwhelm hospitals and other facilities.

When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its vaccine mandate in early November, South African researchers had yet to discover the omicron variant, which carries a greater risk of breakthrough infection or reinfection than previous variants.

Deaths are still rising in the U.S. as ...