Biden will call on Americans to revaccinate themselves against the corona virus

Joseph Biden's administration plans to urge all Americans to get an extra dose of the Covid-19 vaccine this fall to protect against a new wave of infections.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, as "Politico" writes, claims that the free distribution of vaccines in pharmacies will begin in mid-October.

Pharmaceutical company Moderna announced that initial data showed that its new covid vaccine is effective against Eris and Fornax subvariants.

Moderna and other covid vaccine makers (Pfizer, Novavax and German partner Bayontech) have created versions of their vaccines targeting the XBB.1.5 subvariant.

Pending approval from health regulators in the United States and Europe, companies expect new vaccine variants to be available soon.

Pfizer CEO Albert Burla said his company expects its updated Covid vaccine to be approved by the end of August.

"We believe this will allow us to commercialize the vaccine in September," Burla said, noting that Pfizer has the Omikron KSBB 1.5 vaccine ready, so production "will not be a problem."

In May, the US government ended the state of emergency imposed due to covid after more than three years and at least one million deaths. About 80 percent of the US population, nearly 268 million people, have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

AE /021/Politico/Voice of America

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