White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr Anthony S. Fauci has said that booster doses of the novel coronavirus vaccines, Moderna and Pfizer-BioNtech, could offer a substantial increase in protection against the new variant.

At this point, he said, “there is no need for a specific vaccine” designed specifically to fight omicrons.

In this sense, Dr. Fauci shared preliminary data from his Institute for Moderna Vaccines’ analysis, which showed that if two doses produced a negligible antibody response against Omicron in the laboratory, protection increased significantly after the third dose. Hui.

These preliminary results suggest that fully vaccinated people will have larger infections than those who have not received their booster shots.

“Our booster vaccination programs work against omicrons,” Dr. Fauci said. And to emphasize: “So the message remains clear: If you haven’t been vaccinated, get vaccinated, and especially in the Omicron region if you are fully vaccinated, take a booster dose”.

Dr Fauci’s warning came as officials in the Biden administration prepared for a potential wave of infections at O’Micron that could overwhelm the healthcare system.

The Centers for Disease Control and Protection recently warned that the percentage of coronavirus cases caused by the Omicron variant in the United States has risen sharply and could reflect a significant increase in infections as early as next month.