The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine is prepared for administration at Union Station in Los Angeles in January. Photo:AFP
The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine is prepared for administration at Union Station in Los Angeles in January. Photo:AFP
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Moderna’s Omicron-specific Covid-19 vaccine shows positive results

  • The US biotech firm sees the shot, which targets both the original coronavirus strain and the subvariant, as its ‘lead candidate’ for a booster this fall
  • In a trial of 814 adults, the ‘bivalent’ vaccine produce 1.75 times more Omicron-specific neutralising antibodies than the original Spikevax jab

Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 2:14am, 9 Jun, 2022

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The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine is prepared for administration at Union Station in Los Angeles in January. Photo:AFP
The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine is prepared for administration at Union Station in Los Angeles in January. Photo:AFP
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