Health Canada has approved Moderna's new COVID vaccine that offers greater protection against the Omicron vari...
Health Canada has approved Moderna’s new COVID vaccine that offers greater protection against the Omicron variant.To now, the highly contagious variant has been effective at bypassing the body’s immune response.
Health Canada’s Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Supriya Sharma says they are working at ensuring the best protection possible for all Canadians. “To ensure they have as many options as possible for dealing with current and future variants,” says Sharma, “we have reached out to both Pfizer Biotech and Moderna to request that they file submissions for vaccines specifically targeting the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants.”
She admits the virus is constantly mutating and the virus will always be one step ahead, but officials are closing the gap. The federal government has already purchased 12 million doses of the new vaccine for distribution this fall.
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