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“Health Canada has authorized an updated version of the Moderna SpikeVax COVID-19 vaccine to 18 years of age and older,' Canada’s Chief Medial Advisor Supriya Sharma stated in a release.

A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rests on a table at an inoculation station next to Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, July 19, 2022.OTTAWA – Health Canada has approved the first COVID-19 vaccine specifically targeting the Omicron variant.

“We know that this vaccine also generates a good immune response against the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 that have more recently emerged. This booster is also intended to extend the durability of protection,” she added. Wednesday, Ontario’s top doctor Kieran Moore announced the province was scrapping mandatory five-day isolation for COVID-19 positive individuals as part of an “all respiratory virus” approach.

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