Moderna aims to launch single Covid and flu booster jab within two years

Moderna is developing a combined jab that will protect against Covid, influenza and the respiratory virus RSV. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Moderna is aiming to launch a single booster vaccination that will protect against both Covid-19 and flu within two years, its chief executive has said.

Stéphane Bancel said that the combined vaccine – which will protect against Covid-19, influenza and RSV, a common respiratory virus – could be available before the winter infectious season in 2023.