COVID super booster vaccines are reportedly set to get the green light for millions of Brits from autumn. Around 30million over-50s are expected to be topped up with the jab, specifically designed …
Last month, Moderna released positive results showing the so-called super jab gave strong protection against Omicron BA4 and BA5 – the two sub-variants that are driving the current wave of infection.
Dr Burton said: "I think the conclusions are that boosting … with 214, really could be a turning point in our fight against the SARS-Cov-2 virus."warned they won’t be able to fend off new strainsA study by Imperial College London found those who had previous Omicron illness were not immune to catching it again, including the older BA.1 and BA.2 versions, and newerThat’s despite the fact they had an immune boost against previous strains, such as Delta and Alpha.
Professor Danny Altmann, from Imperial’s Department of Immunology and Inflammation, said: “Not only can it break through vaccine defences, it looks to leave very few of the hallmarks we’d expect on the immune system.
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