New COVID Boosters Arrive In Washington This Week: What To Know
SEATTLE — State and local health jurisdictions are preparing to roll out updated COVID-19 booster shots this week, designed to better protect residents from the most commonly circulating omicron variants of the virus.
The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization for Pfizer and Moderna's new boosters last week, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on broader eligibility for the updated shots.
The new boosters are "bivalent," utilizing many of the vaccine components to combat the original virus and making slight changes to the spike protein to target the contagious BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants.
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