Health
Coming this Autumn: The New Moderna Vaccine
Manx Care will confirm details on how and when eligible people can receive the autumn booster vaccine in due course.
Islanders will be offered the new Moderna bivalent COVID vaccine in the autumn rollout, following the latest advice from the UK’s JCVI.
The new bivalent vaccine targets two different variants of coronavirus, the original strain and the newer Omicron variant, and will be offered to those eligible along with other booster vaccines available.
Interim Director of Public Health, Professor Hugo Van Woerden: ‘The bivalent version of the Moderna vaccine has been approved for use by the UK’s medicines regulator. Over the course of the pandemic, COVID has evolved into different variants and the new vaccine has been adapted to provide protection against two strains of the virus, with the ability to lead to a broader immune response than the original vaccine.’
Manx Care will confirm details on how and when eligible people can receive the autumn booster vaccine in due course, members of the public are being urged not to call 111 until this has been announced. A list of those eligible for the autumn booster can be found on the website.
