Health Canada is expected to announce the authorization of Moderna's Omicron-targeting bivalent COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, CTV News has confirmed through senior government sources.
Pfizer-BioNTech has also submitted its bivalent booster for regulatory assessment. That submission went in to Canada’s federal health regulator on July 25.
"Our regulatory colleagues in Health Canada are working very fast at reviewing the submissions from Moderna and from Pfizer-BioNTech on the bivalent booster doses," said Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam during a press conference on Aug. 22. "We also have secured sufficient supply of the bivalent formulation should the regulatory authorities go on to authorize the vaccines," Tam said.
Questions have been raised about whether Canadians should be waiting for the bivalent doses to become available before rolling up their sleeve for an additional dose, something Tam has said is a decision that should be taken based off ofFollowing a technical briefing with Public Health Agency of Canada officials on Thursday, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is scheduled to make an announcement about "the importance of COVID-19 vaccination as we head into the fall.
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