The panel authorized updated Pfizer and Moderna vaccines that are expected to protect against the new omicron strains causing a surge in cases.
the week ending Aug. 26, while COVID-19 deaths increased by more than 10% in the week ending Sept. 2.The U.S. government ended the COVID-19 public health emergency in May, handing the responsibility of vaccinations over to the private sector. Moderna told the CDC that its new vaccine will be sold at $129 per dose, and Pfizer said its vaccine will be $120 dose. Novavax said that its vaccine would be sold at $130 per dose, but that its contracted price with the CDC is $72.50 per dose.Dr.
“I think none of us in the public health field are predicting that this is going to be a tsunami of hospitalizations and deaths the way we saw a year or more ago,” he said, stressing that most Americans have COVID-19 antibodies through vaccinations and disease-induced immunity.
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