Moderna, one of the companies behind the ground-breaking mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, has produced proof that its product still works against new variants of the virus, but has plans in place to meet the threat of other variants.
Moderna Takes The Lead With Plan To Tackle New COVID-19 Variants
New Tweaked Booster To Enter Phase I Study
Moderna has unveiled plans to develop a new booster vaccine, tweaked to meet the threat posed by the South African strain.

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