Vaccine makers do not need to make a new inoculation targeted at the Omicron coronavirus variant, according to Anthony Fauci, after data showed that booster shots of existing jabs continue to offer protection.
Fauci, the chief medical adviser to Joe Biden, US president, released data on Wednesday showing that a third dose of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine boosts antibody levels well above the threshold needed to neutralise the virus.
The data add to growing evidence that a third dose of the vaccines made by both BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna offer significant protection, even against the new heavily mutated strain.
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