Moderna’s updated COVID-19 vaccine is coming to Alberta, but Novavax shots are not – CBC
Health Canada’s decision on new Pfizer formulation is expected soon
Sep 23, 2024
With the approval of Moderna’s updated COVID-19 vaccine, doctors are hoping the shots will be available soon and Albertans will opt to roll up their sleeves to get one.
Last week, Health Canada announced it had authorized Moderna’s new formulation, which targets the recent KP.2 subvariant, and that shipments would arrive within days.
A decision on Pfizer’s new formulation is expected in the next few weeks.
“To get better protection and protection also against getting more sick, because it’s miserable, it would be advised to get the updated vaccine,” said Dr. Lynora Saxinger, an infectious diseases specialist at the University of Alberta.
“A lot of people I speak with are actually surprised to hear that we are seeing severe COVID still. It is still a thing.”
