Updated COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Available At Glen Burnie Giant Food

GLEN BURNIE, MD — Giant Food pharmacies are offering the updated COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccines. The updated Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be administered as a single booster dose for individuals 12 years of age and older.

Select Giant pharmacy locations also are offering the updated Moderna vaccine as a single booster dose for individuals 18 years of age and older.

Customers can schedule an appointment or walk into their local Giant Pharmacy location to receive the updated booster vaccine. Individuals will need to bring their vaccination card at the time of their visit.

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The new booster dose will tweak the existing vaccines produced by Pfizer and Moderna to target two of the most prevalent COVID strains in the United States. BA.5 alone accounted for 88.7 percent of the nation's new cases for the week ending Saturday and has been the most common COVID strain in the U.S. since late June, according to Centers For Disease Control and Prevention estimates.

In addition to the updated booster vaccines, Giant pharmacies also are now offering seasonal flu vaccinations at all locations.

In Glen Burnie, Giant Food can be found at:

• 6636 Ritchie Hwy, Glen Burnie, MD 21061
• 7940 Crain Hwy, Glen Burnie, MD 21061

For more information, visit https://giantfood.com/pages/vaccine-consent-form.