BioNTech is one of the world’s two leading mRNA companies,and it has just announced it will open a research and development hub in Melbourne.
Britain has become the first country to authorise an updated coronavirus jab that directly targets the Omicron strain of the virus.
In a study of adults who’d already had three vaccine doses,Pfizer said two new booster methods substantially increased Omicron-fighting antibodies.
Pfizer chief executive Albert Bourla meanwhile said an annual COVID-19 vaccine would be preferable to more regular booster shots.
A two-dose Pfizer vaccination appears to provide just 33 per cent protection against infection during South Africa’s current Omicron wave.
The mass vaccination of children could make a real difference to preventing the future spread of the coronavirus,medical researchers say.
A booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine restored efficacy to 95.6 per cent against the virus,including the Delta variant,data released by the company shows.
Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech say their research shows that younger children should get one-third of the dose now given to everyone else.
Children attending school in California will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 once the shots are federally approved for their age groups,the Governor announced.
Additional COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are not needed for the general population,leading scientists said in an article published in the Lancet medical journal.