UK becomes first country to approve Omicron vaccine

UK becomes first country to  approve Omicron vaccine

Britain has authorized the Covid-19 vaccine for the first time for the Omicron variant. With this the UK has become the first country to do so. Authorizing the vaccine would now pave the way for an autumn

booster campaign using Moderna two-strain shot.

Conditional authorization for this vaccine was granted by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA). It was also the first authority worldwide which had approved the basic COVID-19 vaccine.

It is authorized for use among people over the age of 18. Now the.UK will focus its booster program

on people over the age of 50 and who are highly vulnerable to the development of COVID.

Omicron Variants

Omicron B.1.1.1.529 is a variant of SARS-CoV-2. The Network for Genomics Surveillance first reported this variant in South Africa in November 2021. The first

case was detected in Botswana and has now spread around the world to become a major variant in circulation.

In addition to the original BA.1 variant, several subvariants such as BA.2, BA.3, BA.4, and BA.5 have

emerged over time. To prevent serious illness and hospitalization caused by the BA.1 and BA.2

variants of Omicron, 3 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are provided. The BA.4 and BA.5 variants are more contagious than the other sub variants.