Coronavirus Update: Omicron-targeted COVID-19 boosters are expected this week
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize new COVID-19 booster shots this week that target the latest versions of the omicron variant but will do so without data from a study showing the shots were safe and worked in humans.
Perhaps the bigger challenge once the boosters are available will be uptake, given that Congress has not agreed to release the billions of dollars needed to pay for distribution and rollout at vaccine sites, as the New York Times reported. U.S. known cases of COVID are continuing to ease, although the true tally is likely higher given how many people are testing at home, with data not being collected.
The program is set to be suspended Sept. 2 — which is this Friday — or even sooner, if supplies run out, according to a message on the COVID test website. Coronavirus Update: MarketWatch’s daily roundup has been curating and reporting all the latest developments every weekday since the coronavirus pandemic began• The Swiss regulator has granted temporary authorization to Moderna’s MRNA, +1.54% bivalent omicron-targeting COVID booster for use in adults aged 18 and older.
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