Moderna: latest COVID vaccine effective against new variant

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9 個月前

STORY: Drugmaker Moderna on Wednesday said its updated COVID-19 vaccine will likely be effective against the highly-mutated BA.2.86 subvariant of the coronavirus… based on info from clinical trial data.

According to the company, its shot generated an 8.7-fold increase in neutralizing antibodies in humans against BA.2.86, which is being tracked by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention..

BA.2.86 has now been detected in Switzerland and South Africa as well as Israel, Denmark, the U.S. and Britain according to a WHO official…. raising fears of a resurgence of infections

While it is important to monitor the variant, several experts told Reuters it is unlikely to cause a wave of severe disease and death because of immune defenses built up worldwide from mass vaccination and prior infection.

Moderna said it had shared the new finding on its vaccine with regulators and submitted it for peer review publication.

The retooled shot has yet to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but is expected to be available later this month or in early October.