The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved updated booster shots for COVID-19, a major step toward launching a fall immunization campaign against the virus that is now viewed as a perennial but manageable threat.
Regulators said the shots from Pfizer and Moderna are tailored to combat the XBB.1.5 variant that began circulating earlier this year and will replace the “bivalent” shots that were introduced last fall.
“The public can be assured that these updated vaccines have met the agency’s rigorous scientific standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality. We very much encourage those who are eligible to consider getting vaccinated,” said Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are scheduled to meet Tuesday to discuss the updated boosters and recommendations for who should get them. Nearly seven in 10 Americans received a two-dose primary series of a COVID-19 vaccine. But additional shots have been a tougher sell, with only 17% of the population receiving the booster unveiled last fall.
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