The Food and Drug Administration says if it approves the shots, they could become available as soon as September.
Pfizer and Moderna are developing what are known as bivalent boosters.
Those are vaccines that are comprised of the old formula, along with a new one that focuses on the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants. Officials say roughly 124,000 COVID-19 cases are confirmed each day, but the accuracy is in question because many cases are being undercounted.Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved.
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