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Health Canada approves updated Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for fall

Health Canada approved Pfizer and Moderna vaccines targeting the LP.8.1 variant, recommending two doses annually for seniors and immunocompromised individuals, per national guidelines.

  • On Aug. 22, 2025, Health Canada authorized updated COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna for use this respiratory virus season.
  • The new shots target the LP.8.1 variant, a descendant of Omicron that the World Health Organization monitored earlier this year, Pfizer and Moderna said.
  • Moderna will manufacture vaccine doses in Laval, Quebec, and syringes will be filled in Cambridge, Ontario, while provinces and territories manage orders and distribution.
  • NACI recommends vaccination for seniors, residents of long-term care homes, people who are immunocompromised and health-care workers, advising doses yearly for people 65 to 79 and two yearly for those 80 and older and long-term care residents.
  • Both Comirnaty and Spikevax are approved for adults and children six months of age and older in Canada.
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Health Canada has authorized the use of the updated VOCID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech, as well as from Moderna, for this fall.

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Health Canada has authorized the use of updated VOCID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech, as well as Moderna, for this season of respiratory viruses.

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Health Canada approves updated Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for fall

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·Winnipeg, Canada
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TORONTO — Health Canada has authorized the use of updated VOCID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech, as well as from Moderna, for this season of respiratory viruses. Moderna states that it will manufacture doses of vaccine for the Canadian market at its new plant in Laval and that the syringes will be filled in Cambridge, Ontario. According to press releases from Pfizer and Moderna, the new mRNA vaccines will target variant LP.8.1, a descendant…

·Richelieu, Canada
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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Friday, August 22, 2025.
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