Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 39, Number 10, 1 October 2022 — Page 26 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

New Bivalent C0VID-19 Boosters Offer Enhanced Protection The first biva lent booster vaccines designed specifically to protect against original COVID19 and the most eommon forms of COVID-19 in Hawai'i, the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants, is now available. The BA.5 subvariant accounts for 91% of Hawai'i COVID-19 cases and the BA.4 subvariant accounts for an additional 4%. "The [current] COVID-19 boosters do a good job of protecting us against severe illness. The new boosters are an upgrade because they account for mutations of the COVID-19 virus," said State Health Director Dr. Elizabeth Char. The new bivalentvaccines will be administered as a single booster dose to those who previously completed a primary series of COVID-19 vaccines and those who have had one or two booster doses. For information about providers and the services they offer visit the vaccine finder map at https://hawaiicovid19.com/vaccine/.

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