The KP.3 variant of SARS-CoV-2 is dominating in Canada right now, accounting for the majority of the COVID-19 cases in the country.
The agency approved the SpikeVAX vaccine, produced by Moderna, targeting the KP.2 variant on Tuesday.
Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration also approved the Moderna vaccine that corresponds to KP.2, but noted the vaccine was closely enough related to KP.3.1.1 that it promised cross-protection.These originate from JN.1, the Omicron subvariant that fuelled the winter surge. A provincial government official told Global News on background that, in August, the federal agency had started a new regulatory process for the vaccines, “which resulted in a contractual obligation for Health Canada to withdraw all XBB products from the market until a lot could be released and distributed in Canada.”
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