Speaking at a media availability on Tuesday, Canada’s chief public officer of health Dr. Theresa Tam said that the country is at the “beginning” of its fall respiratory season and that it “isn’t too late” to get the updated Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, which was just approved by Health Canada. She also said that the updated mRNA vaccine, though tailored to XBB.1.5 has been found to be effective against a number of Omicron sublineages.