(Reuters) – The U.S. health regulator on Monday authorized updated COVID-19 vaccines that closely match the Omicron variants that are circulating, starting the process to deploy the shots this month. The agency authorized the shots, which target the XBB.1.5 subvariant, from manufacturers Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech SE, and Moderna. (Reporting by Sriparna Roy […]
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US FDA authorizes updated COVID vaccines
(Reuters) – The U.S. health regulator on Monday authorized updated COVID-19 vaccines that closely match the Omicron variants that are circulating, starting the process to deploy the shots this month.
The agency authorized the shots, which target the XBB.1.5 subvariant, from manufacturers Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech SE, and Moderna.
(Reporting by Sriparna Roy and Mariam Sunny in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)