Pharmaceutical company Moderna is working to have a vaccine booster shot for the Omicron variant ready by August of this year.
The booster began its clinical trials last month, but initial tests did not yield positive enough results as the doses did not provide adequate protection.
The company is therefore aiming to issue the jabs by August, stating that it will be needed against the South-Africa discovered variant which emerged late last year.
It is unclear whether the vaccine will specifically and only target Omicron or whether it will be effective other already existing strains of the virus.
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