Los Angeles South Africa Brazil virus covid-19 vaccine Coronavirus Los Angeles South Africa Brazil

Moderna vaccine booster appears to neutralize South Africa, Brazil COVID-19 variants

Reading now: 944
www.fox29.com

LOS ANGELES - Moderna announced on Wednesday that data from an ongoing trial of its COVID-19 vaccine booster found it was effective against variants of the virus, including the B.1.351 variants first identified in South Africa and the P.1 variants first identified in Brazil.Moderna says a single dose of its vaccine given as a booster to previously fully vaccinated individuals "increased neutralizing antibody" responses against both variants.

The data is from an ongoing trial analyzing various strategies for vaccine boosters that would be used to neutralize virus titers or concentrations of the coronavirus that can still infect cells.

Read more on fox29.com
The website covid-19.rehab is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA