Share:While Norway's current definition of “fully vaccinated” still means two shots, this may change if the novel Omicron strain proves to be more virulent, its health boss suggested. Norway's Health Director Bjørn Guldvog has argued that three doses of the COVID vaccine may not be enough, and a fourth one may be necessary already this spring. Amid fears that the novel Omicron variant could become dominant, vaccine manufacturers are considering new shots aimed specifically at defeating the new variant. It is not certain that being fully vaccinated will mean the same thing when the new variant becomes dominant,” the health director explained. The novel COVID strain was first discovered in South Africa and reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO) on 24 November.

Source: The Nation December 02, 2021 13:09 UTC