(Finance) – “Member States are preparing the offer of vaccines adapted“authorized or whose authorization is expected. This is what he said Marco Cavaleri, in charge of the EMA vaccine strategy. “Everyone is expected to expand immunization against variants of concern, especially Omicron“- he added -” it does not matter which variant of concern has been incorporated into the vaccine. So it is important to receive the adapted vaccine that is made available to you, there is no need to wait for another adapted vaccine. ”
Cavaleri explained that Covid vaccines adapted for subvariants of Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 “are currently under review by the EMA or will be presented shortly. We are actually evaluating a request of a vaccine bivalent“Comirnaty (Pfizer Biontech) adapted and targeted” both against the original strain and against the variants BA4 and 5 “.” The outcome of this examination – underlined Cavalieri – is expected by mid-September “.
Novavax meanwhile announced that Nuvaxovid vaccine against COVID-19 has received extended conditional marketing authorization from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency for administration as a booster dose homologous and heterologous from 18 years. The Ema opinion, notes a note, is based on the results of two phase 2 studies and the COV-BOOST study. Once approved by the EU Commission, Nuvaxovid will become the first protein vaccine authorized in the EU for both primary and booster dose use, regardless of the vaccine used for the cycle primary.
There are 19,160 new infections from Covid recorded in the last 24 hours according to data from the Ministry of Health (yesterday there were 20,503 infected). The victims there are 91, up from 68 yesterday. THE tampons carried out there are 158,970. The positivity rate is 12.1%, down from 13.2% yesterday.
I’m 195 patients hospitalized in therapy intensive12 less than yesterday, in the balance between income and expenses, while the daily admissions are 19. The hospitalized in departments ordinary they are 4,819, 143 fewer in the last twenty-four hours. The currently positive are 620,385, compared to yesterday 13,809 less.