Moderna claims updated vaccine best combats newer Covid variant

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Moderna says its updated vaccine generated an 8.7-fold increase in the production of neutralising antibodies in people against BA.2.86.

According to Moderna, its vaccine generated an 8.7-fold increase in the production of neutralising antibodies in people against BA.2.86.We think this is news people will want to hear as they prepare to go out and get their fall boosters.The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had previously said BA.2.86 might be more capable of infecting individuals who had COVID before or received earlier vaccine shots.

Moderna has already shared this promising news with regulators and submitted it for peer review publication. The retooled vaccine, still awaiting approval from the US Food and Drug Administration, is expected to be available later this month or in early October. Just last month, both Moderna and Pfizer announced that their new vaccines seemed effective against another subvariant known as EG.5 during initial testing.

 

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