Updated Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine now available in N.B., doses for children expected next week – CBC
Strong demand sees about 22,000 New Brunswickers receive Moderna’s updated vaccine in past week
Oct 25, 2023
The updated Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for people aged 12 and older are available in New Brunswick now and the doses for younger children are expected to arrive next week, according to the Department of Health.
About 22,000 New Brunswickers have rolled up their sleeves to receive a dose of Moderna’s updated COVID-19 vaccine since it became available Oct. 16, said spokesperson Sean Hatchard.
Pfizer’s Comirnaty and Moderna’s Spikevax are both designed to target the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, but evidence shows they also provide strong protection against other circulating strains, such as EG.5.
Demand for the updated vaccines has been strong, said Brian Greenfield, a pharmacist and co-owner of Guardian Ross Drug in Fredericton.
“I think, just from feedback from some of the patients coming in, it’s just there seems to be a lot of COVID going around right now. So I think it just feels like it’s time to bump up that protection level again a little bit,” he said.
