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Most vaccinated Americans want a third vaccine dose, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll has found, largely due to concern about the highly transmissible Delta variant.
The US government has already made third shots available to immunocompromised adults, and it will roll out third doses more widely from 20 September if health regulators approve the move.
