The booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine currently in use are sufficient to control the Omicron variant, said Biden Anthony Fauci, the US’s top US infectious disease specialist, on Wednesday.
At this stage of the pandemic, there is no need for a booster dose for a specific variant, “because current vaccines are effective against Omicron,” he said. It is unlikely that the vaccines will need to be modified to specifically target Omicron, he added.
The chief medical adviser to the US president clarified to the American media that American citizens who have taken two doses should also seek support.
The American pharmaceutical company Moderna is expected to start testing for a new vaccine that will be designed to target the Omicron variant at the beginning of the new year, the chief medical advisor of the company, Dr. Paul Burton, told the British Sky News this morning.
He estimated that after “very intense activity in the first quarter of the year”, the first results should probably be expected at the beginning of the second quarter of 2022.
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