COVID-19 Vaccine Makers Pledge Rapid Response To Omicron Threat

Impact On Existing Vaccines Will Be Known Soon

 
• By Andrew McConaghie

While news of a potentially highly transmissible new variant is causing alarm, Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna are already pursuing a multi-pronged response to B.1.1.529.

Netherlands Omicron
Thirteen cases of the Omicron variant have been detected among passengers arriving on two flights from South Africa to Amsterdam, the Netherlands. • Source: Getty Images

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