Bivalent vax still effective

Bivalent vax still effective – expert

By Red Mendoza

May 20, 2023 12:33 am

BIVALENT vaccines will continue to offer protection even against the highly infectious Arcturus subvariant of the Covid-19 virus, according to an expert.

The Arcturus, or the XBB.1.16 subvariant of the Omicron variant family, is said to be more infectious than other subvariants of Covid-19 and has the possibility to evade immunity.

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