Updated On: 19 August, 2021 10:45 AM IST | Washington | PTI
The US president downplayed criticism that Americans would be getting additional protection against COVID-19 while much of the world still waits for their first vaccination shots

Joe Biden. Pic/AFP
US President Joe Biden has said that coronavirus booster shots will be available starting the week of September 20, pending approval by the FDA.
The shots will be free and will be provided to people eight months after they received their second shot of the vaccine, the president said.