Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said in a statement on Sunday that vaccination with a booster shot among as many people as possible is a good way to protect those most at risk against ever-emerging new coronavirus variants. In this regard, the company is planning to launch a study on people near early June and aims to get approval from regulatory agencies by September.

"We believe that our vaccine will be effective for a comparable period, except that the arrival of variants increases the threat level. This is why we must anticipate and vaccinate all people at risk with a third dose by the end of the summer, in particular the residents of nursing homes who received their first dose at the beginning of the year," Bancel told French newspaper Journal Du Dimanche.

The CEO of the US drugmaker further suggested that in order to protect the "fragile unvaccinated people," all adults and adolescents must also receive a booster jab. Bancel warned that three or even two months of delay in vaccinations could lead to an increase in the number of hospitalizations and deaths, which could, in turn, lead to a fourth COVID-19 wave in France.

Starting May 28, the Moderna vaccine will be joining AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson in French pharmacies and general practitioners' offices. Around 300,000 doses of the vaccine will be available in pharmacies weekly.

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