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Amid shrinking access and demand, a Winnipeg doctor is urging Manitobans to get their bivalent COVID-19 vaccine as the highly infectious XBB.1.5 subvariant spreads across North America. The new hybrid, a recombinant Omicron variant dubbed the “Kraken,” is expected to bring a surge of breakthrough cases to the province. “We …
Read More »Ontario children aged 5 to 11 eligible for COVID-19 bivalent booster
The Ontario government says children who are five to 11 years old are eligible for a COVID-19 bivalent booster shot, following approval from Health Canada. Shots will be available for this age group starting on Dec. 21. “All Ontarians are strongly encouraged to keep up to date with their flu …
Read More »Health Canada approves Pfizer’s new bivalent COVID-19 vaccine
Health Canada has approved Pfizer’s new bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, which targets the virus strains now most common in Canada. The updated version of the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine targets the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, as well as the original strain of the virus, and is authorized for use as a booster dose in …
Read More »Bivalent COVID vaccines are here. What happens to the existing vaccines?
This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Bivalent vaccines — which target more than one strain of the coronavirus — are making their way into Canada, with Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron variant BA.1 …
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