Pfizer/Biontech Says Three Doses ‘Effective’ Against Omicron

A health worker shows a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at the Pascual Guerrero Olympic stadium, in Cali, Colombia, on April 26, 2021.
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The coronavirus vaccine developed jointly by BioNTech and Pfizer is “still effective” against the Omicron variant of the virus after three doses, the German company said in a statement on Wednesday.

An Omicron-specific version of the jab, currently in development by BioNTech, would be available “by March”, it added.

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