7 sept. 2022 ยท Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the availability of bivalent COVID-19 vaccine boosters, which are designed to add Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants and bolster previous vaccination protection. The announcement follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendation to use updated COVID -19 boosters from Pfizer- BioNTech for anyone age 12 or older and from Moderna for those.