Dec 20, 2021, 06:10am.
Moderna said Monday that a booster shot of its existing Covid-19 vaccine leads to a 37 fold increase in the level of neutralizing antibodies that can prevent an infection by the omicron variant of the coronaviruses.
Moderna says a third dose of its vaccine significantly increases protection.
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Moderna said in a press release that the booster dose it has authorized raised the level of omicron antibodies by 37 and 83-fold, respectively.
The company said that the side effects from both booster doses were comparable to the standard two-dose regimen.
The company said its data is based on blood samples of people who have been tested against a pseudoviruses that resembles the omicron variant.
The booster dose of the vaccine remains the first line of defense against Omicron, but the drugmaker said it is working on vaccine candidates that specifically target emerging variants.
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Dr Paul Burton, Moderna's Chief Medical Officer, said that the vaccine is safe and effective. I think it will protect people during the holiday season and the winter season when Omicron will be at its most severe.
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