Work is said to be underway by researchers to develop a universal or ‘super’ coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.
That’s according to Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr.
He was speaking during PAHO’s weekly COVID-19 digital media briefing Wednesday.
It’s anticipated that the proposed vaccine will be very effective against all COVID-19 variants and provide permanent protection against the disease.
Reports emerging out of the United States last week indicated that the military has been undertaking the development of a ‘pan-coronavirus vaccine’ the spike ferritin nanoparticle (SpFN) for which phase-one human trials have been completed.
The report indicated that the vaccine is being tested against all COVID-19 variants, including Omicron.
Dr. Barbosa emphasized that while super vaccine development is underway countries should use the vaccines that are currently available.
