Moderna asks Health Canada to approve COVID-19 vaccine booster shot – National | Globalnews.ca

Moderna has applied for Canadian approval of a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, the company announced Tuesday.

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) has already recommended third doses of Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccine for certain immunocompromised individuals who did not mount a sufficient immune response to the usual two-dose regimen. This is considered to be part of the primary vaccination series for these individuals, and not a booster shot.

NACI has also recommended that a booster dose of mRNA vaccine be given to residents of long-term care homes and seniors living in other congregate settings, at least six months after they received their second dose.

NACI is still examining whether booster shots should be given to the broader population. Some provinces are also offering third doses to individuals who received mixed types of vaccine, or vaccines not currently approved in Canada, so that they can meet requirements for travel to certain countries.

More than 4 million Canadians have received at least one dose of Moderna’s vaccine, according to statistics from the Public Health Agency of Canada.

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