The combination means people would only need one jab rather than two.
A combined flu and Covid vaccine from Moderna provokes a higher immune response than separate single jabs, according to new data from the firm.
At the moment, Moderna’s Spikevax vaccine for Covid-19 is used in the NHS booster programmes, alongside Pfizer/BioNTech’s Comirnaty. The combination means people would only need one jab rather than two, as at the moment, to give them protection against Covid-19 and flu.The findings from Moderna showed that the mRNA-1083 vaccine met its goals and led to higher immune responses against flu and Covid than other single vaccines currently in use, including the current Spikevax.
The mRNA-1083 jab matched or bettered current flu jabs and was better than the existing Spikevax at making the body produce antibodies – probably because it had been designed to fight more recent variants circulating around the world, Mr Bancel told the BBC.
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