Coronavirus vaccine: Moderna to increase doses per vial

After laboratories raced to find a vaccine, now vaccination campaigns are sprinting. Well, the coronavirus epidemic does look like an obstacle course. Faced with the threat of variants, the biggest hope is now immunization coverage.

This Friday February 12, 2021, American company Moderna has said in a released passed to AFP they are willing to increase doses per vial by 50%. It would enable each vial to move from 10 to 15 doses of vaccine, so that shipping the preventive treatment to Covid-19 could be completed more easily. Furthermore, Moderna vaccine keeps on being rather effective against the South African variant. As for New York Times, they say that according to sources close to the file, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has already allowed a 40% increase of the size of vials.

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