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- Stephane Bancel, the CEO of vaccine maker Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) expects that a second COVID-19 booster might be required this fall as the vaccine’s efficacy declines over the next few months.
- “I still believe we’re going to need boosters in the fall of ’22 and forward,” New York Post quoted Bancel as saying on Thursday at a healthcare conference organized by Goldman Sachs.
- Bancel added that the company is developing a booster shot targeted at the Omicron variant of the virus, and yet, it is unlikely to be ready in the next two months.
- On Monday, Israel, a country at the forefront of the immunization drive against COVID-19 began offering a fourth shot to anyone older than 60. Previously, the officials there had cleared the second booster shot only for people with weaker immune systems.