No preferential nod for Omicron Covid jabs – WHO experts

THERE is not yet enough evidence to recommend Omicron-specific Covid-19 jabs over the original versions, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) vaccine experts said Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).Four variant-containing mRNA vaccines which include Omicron subvariants BA.1 or BA.4/5 in combination with the ancestral virus have been authorized for use as booster doses.The vaccines adapted to the globally-dominant variant may offer only a “minute incremental benefit,” the WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) said.The WHO has given its Emergency Use Listing green light to nine Covid-19 vaccines and variations: Pfizer/BioNTech…
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