The U.S. FDA = Food and Drug Administration has announced that the vaccines corresponding to the Omicron strains "BA.4" and "BA.5" developed by the pharmaceutical company Moderna and the major pharmaceutical company Pfizer, respectively, are for emergency use for booster vaccination. I gave permission.
In the United States, the FDA recommended pharmaceutical companies to develop vaccines for the Omicron strain due to concerns that the infection would spread again after this fall, and each company has applied for emergency use permission one after another.
Regarding this, the FDA announced on the 31st that it has issued emergency use authorization for additional vaccinations for Moderna vaccines for those aged 18 and over and for vaccines such as Pfizer for those aged 12 and over.
All vaccines are of the type called "bivalent vaccine", which contains two types of components, one corresponding to the Omicron strains "BA.4" and "BA.5" and the other corresponding to the conventional new coronavirus.
In the future, if the US CDC = Center for Disease Control finally recommends vaccination, it will be possible to receive additional vaccinations for Omicron strains.
According to the CDC, the number of new coronavirus infections reported daily in the United States has averaged about 80,000 to 100,000 since mid-August, and about 90% in the week leading up to August 27. estimated to have been infected with BA.5.