Tuesday, December 21, 2021

EU drug regulator says boosters offer protection against Omicron variant

The European Union's drug regulator said early data shows a booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine helps restore some protection against the new Omicron variant.

The European Medicines Agency said it was preparing for the possibility that vaccines could be tweaked to fight the variant. 

Emer Cooke is head of the EMA. 

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