Coronavirus Notebook: WHO Issues New Recommendations On Access To COVID-19 Products Amid Spread Of New EG.5 Variant
Executive Summary
The UK is extending flexibilities that were introduced to ensure the supply and availability of COVID-19 and flu vaccines and has published its autumn vaccination schedule. Novavax expects to have its vaccine against the XBB strain of the virus ready by the end of September, while UK firm Infex is planning to begin clinical trials with a rival to Pfizer’s Paxlovid.
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