Corona has been causing serious health risks globally for more than three years, with new variants increasing the threat even further. The cases of infection have been increasing rapidly in the last month due to the new variants Aris (EG.5.1) and Pirola (BA.2.86) seen recently in many countries. Not only this, reports show that due to new variants, the number of people admitted to hospitals and deaths has also increased significantly. Health experts are advising all people to continue making efforts to prevent corona.
Researchers said that more mutations have been seen in the new variants, which are making it easier to dodge the body's immunity and increase the infection. However, experts say that now there is no need to worry too much about these variants.
To protect against new variants, researchers have prepared vaccines which are very effective in studies, that is, updated vaccines can be very effective in protecting against the risks of new variants of Corona.
Moderna vaccine will prove effective
According to media reports, Moderna has made vaccines targeting the new COVID-19 vaccine. The company has claimed that its updated vaccine can be effective against the Pirola (BA.2.86) variant, which is increasing rapidly globally these days. The company has claimed that the new vaccine can increase antibodies against the Pirola variant by 8.7 times in humans. This new vaccine can be very effective in preventing coronainfection.
Jacqueline Miller, head of infectious diseases at Moderna, says, “We think this is the news people wanted to hear, and it is necessary to protect against the risks of new variants.”
Vaccines may get approval by October
According to a Reuters report, new vaccines will be available to the people by the end of this month. Experts expect the FDA to approve the new Moderna vaccine shot by early October. Apart from this, Pfizer is also working on a vaccine, which has also been claimed to boost the body's immune system.
The CDC said that there is a possibility of the BA.2.86 variant infecting people who have been vaccinated or who have previously been infected with corona. In such a situation, new vaccines can be helpful for you in increasing the immunity of the body again.
The risk from new variants is less, but prevention is very important
Health experts state that BA.2.86 has so far not been shown to cause a high risk of serious illness and death, behaving in a similar manner to older variants of Omicron.
Immunity to corona has been built up around the world through previous infections and mass vaccination, although most people are now seen to have waning immunity, so these new vaccines will help protect against the risks of infection caused by new variants of corona.
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