Updated boosters expected t work against the COVID-19 XBB variant

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The updated COVID-19 booster shots were designed to target the XBB variant, and they’ll still likely work just as well against the new dominant strain.

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The booster is still working against new variants

As COVID surge continues, is the booster still working against new variants? With an updated booster still weeks or months away, is the currently available vaccine effective against the COVID strains circulating now? Yahoo News

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“The currently available booster is still effective even though not a perfect match to the XBB flavors currently circulating in the U.S.,” said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at University of California, San Francisco. “They remain spectacular at preventing serious disease, hospitalization and death, though prevention of infection with mild symptoms is less durable.”

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