Tue Aug 16, 2022 – 5:24 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – The United Kingdom has just approved a new COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna which is claimed to cover both the original strain of the coronavirus and the Omicron variant, against which the current COVID shots have been largely ineffective.
The BBC reports that the UK’s Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has approved the new bivalent vaccine, which “targets both the original strain and the first Omicron variant (BA.1),” for adult use after it was tested on 437 volunteers.
“Levels of antibodies that were able to stick to and disable Omicron (BA.1) were 1.7 times higher in people given the new vaccine,” the BBC says. “Tests against more recent Omicron variants (BA.4 and BA.5), which are causing the UK’s current wave, also showed higher levels of protection with the updated vaccine. However, it is far from clear what that means in terms of preventing someone from becoming seriously ill.”
“What this bivalent vaccine gives us is a sharpened tool in our armoury to help protect us against this disease as the virus continues to evolve,” said the Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency’s Dr. June Raine.
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