Pfizer and BioNTech announced today that they have started testing an Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine in healthy adults
allowed scientists to modify the genetic base of the vaccine to reflect the Omicron variant in only about six weeks.
The new study will include more than 1,400 people divided into three groups.
The data will allow researchers to compare infections and symptoms among people who are currently vaccinated and who get one dose or two doses of the Omicron shot to those who have been boosted with the current vaccine and receive a dose of the Omicron vaccine. The data will help scientists and public health experts to learn more about how beneficial variant-specific vaccines might be, and whether they will be necessary going forward.
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