The Covid booster is especially beneficial for those over 65 years old and/or with chronic medical conditions to help decrease the risk of Covid related hospitalizations and deaths.

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Demand rises for updated COVID-19 vaccine heading into holidays

Metro Atlanta pharmacists say demand for the newly updated COVID-19 booster vaccine is steadily rising going into the holiday season.

“We’re starting to see more coming in every week. So it’s an upward trend. And we do vaccine clinics in retirement homes, so we are booking those too,” Briarcliff Pharmacy’s Jay Jourdan said.