Three new variants of COVID-19 are circulating in the United States, but public health officials say the newest vaccines against the virus will provide protection.
In June, the Food and Drug Administration's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee met to predict which strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, would dominate the coming fall and winter cycle. At that time, the FDA advised vaccine manufacturers to tailor their vaccines to the XBB 1.5 strain, a variant of Omicron.Now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring three different variants, EG.5, FL 1.5.1, and BA 2.
"If authorized or approved, based upon the available evidence, the FDA believes these vaccines with a monovalent XBB.1.5 composition will provide the best available protection against the most serious consequences of the disease resulting from currently circulating variants," the FDA spokesperson said.
“The two strains, EG.5 and XBB.1.5, are not identical, but they're pretty close,” said Scott Roberts, an infectious disease specialist for Yale Medicine. “My strong suspicion is that, given the genetic similarities, there will still be a good degree of protection from the booster." There were only seven confirmed cases of Pirola in the United States as of Aug. 19, per CDC data, and it is also present in Denmark and Israel.
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