Moderna CEO says a second booster will be needed as efficacy of COVID-19 shots wane
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Stephane Bancel, the CEO of vaccine maker Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) expects that a second COVID-19 booster might be required this fall as the vaccineâs efficacy declines over the next few months.
âI still believe weâre going to need boosters in the fall of â22 and forward,â New York Post quoted Bancel as saying on Thursday at a healthcare conference organized by Goldman Sachs.

Bancel added that the company is developing a booster shot targeted at the Omicron variant of the virus, and yet, it is unlikely to be ready in the next two months.
On Monday, Israel, a country at the forefront of the immunization drive against COVID-19 began offering a fourth shot to anyone older than 60. Previously, the officials there had cleared the second booster shot only for people with weaker immune systems.