BREAKING: Health Canada approves Moderna's Omicron-targeting COVID-19 vaccine
Last Updated Thursday, September 1, 2022 10:11AM EDT
Health Canada has approved a new COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna that targets both the original strain of the novel coronavirus and the Omicron variant.The new shots approved by Health Canada, called bivalent vaccines, are designed to recognize specific mutations in the spike protein of the Omicron BA.1 subvariant.
The United Kingdom approved Moderna's bivalent vaccine two weeks ago, and the United States Food and Drug Administration gave Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech's Omicron-fighting shots the green light earlier this week.The National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommends that people over the age of 18 should be offered the Omicron booster, but if one is not available they should still get boosted with an original COVID-19 vaccine.
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