Moderna has begun to develop an omicron-specific booster
Wednesday Covid-19 booster shots targeting the omicron variant could be ready to present for U.S. authorization by March, though both he and federal infectious disease point man Dr. Anthony Fauci said they believe current vaccines will be effective against the new strain, with Fauci advising the public to get a booster now. ... [+]
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., as he testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, July 20, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Cases of COVID-19 have tripled over the past three weeks, and hospitalizations and deaths are rising among unvaccinated people. , Hoge told Reuters, as well as a multi-valent vaccine targeting omicron and three other coronavirus variants, though that shot will take several more months.
The March target date is the earliest the omicron booster could be approved under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s current guidelines, though the company would manufacture the vaccine during testing. Hoge said he thinks the existing vaccines “will be able to slow down, if not completely stop, the omicron variant.”the public in a press conference Wednesday morning to “get boosted now,” as “we may not need a variant-specific boost,” though he said the Biden administration has been in contact with the pharmaceutical companies developing Covid-19 vaccines about the potential need for these boosters.
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