New COVID-19 boosters designed to fight the virus’ omicron variant will likely be available in Texas next week, the state’s Department of State Health...
The new booster recipe is a combination of the original coronavirus strain and the newer, highly contagious omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5
The CDC has allocated around 900,000 doses of the updated boosters to Texas. More than 502,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine and nearly 193,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine will be available for order by health care providers, while another 200,000 doses of the boosters will be available through retail pharmacies like CVS, Walgreens, H-E-B and Walmart.
“As we head into fall and begin to spend more time indoors, we strongly encourage anyone who is eligible to consider receiving a booster dose with a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine to provide better protection against currently circulating variants,” FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf said in a statement.