The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized updated Covid 19 vaccine booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer, reported CNN. This is the
The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized updated Covid 19 vaccine booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer, reported CNN. This is the first time updated Covid 19 vaccines have received emergency use authorization in the United States. Both are bivalent vaccines that combine the companies’ original vaccine with one that targets the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sublineages. Pfizer’s updated vaccine is a 30-microgram dose authorized for people age 12 and older. Moderna’s updated vaccine is a 50-microgram dose authorized for people age 18 and older. The shots can be administered after they’re recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC’s vaccine advisory group is scheduled to vote on Thursday on whether to support recommending the boosters for use. Then, the CDC director must sign off on the recommendation, reported CNN.
An OK from the CDC would mean updated boosters could be administered within days, both to older people who may have received a booster just a few months ago and younger people who haven’t been eligible for an additional booster during the latest wave of cases. The updated vaccines do not replace shots for the primary series, but they do replace the booster people older than 12 receive. “With today’s authorization, the monovalent mRNA Covid 19 vaccines are not authorized as booster doses for individuals 12 years of age and older,” the FDA said. Individuals ages 12 and up are eligible for the Pfizer bivalent booster if they have received their primary series and it has been at least two months since their last vaccine dose. Individuals ages 18 and up are eligible for Moderna boosters on the same schedule, reported CNN.
Watch against contagion
In the last 24 hours 265 new cases of contagion and 0 deaths caused by Covid 19 were reported by State and Health Authorities. Contagion is being watched in Guanajuato and cases of contagion reported are over 260 in the last 24 hours, while there were 0 deaths reported. Authorities maintain the color of activities in the GREEN easing restrictions on activities, both leisure and work.
State Health Authorities insist that Guanajuato should maintain health protection.
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