Pfizer CEO, Albert Bourla, said on Sunday that people will need a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to help fend off another wave of the virus.
Speaking to CBS’ Face the Nation program, Bourla said “many variants are coming” and although a third dose of the vaccine does offer some protection, it “doesn’t last very long” when faced with a variant like Omicron.
“It is necessary, a fourth (dose) for right now,” Mr Bourla told CBS.
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The Greek Jewish CEO went on and said Pfizer is now working on a vaccine that will protect against any future variants.
“What we are trying to do, and we are working very diligently right now, is to make not only a vaccine that will protect against all variants, including Omicron, but also something that can protect for at least a year,” Mr Bourla said.
“If we be able to achieve that, then I think it is very easy to follow and remember so that we can go back to really the way [we] used to live.”
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Source: Nine News.
