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Approval of Omicron vaccine

August 19 , 2022 832 days 738 0
  • Britain has become the first country to authorise a Covid-19 vaccine that targets the Omicron variant.
  • The UK medicine regulator approved the 'bivalent' vaccine made by Moderna as a booster for adults.
  • This vaccine triggered "a strong immune response" against both Omicron (BA.1) and the original 2020 virus.
  • It also generates a good immune response against the currently dominant Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5.

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