British study: good coverage, but only with two doses (ANSA)
According to a British study conducted by Public Health England, the Pfizer and AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines are "highly effective", after two doses, against the variant identified in India. The Pfizer vaccine, the BBC reports, was found to be 88% effective in stopping symptomatic disease from the Indian strain two weeks after the second dose. AstraZeneca is 60% effective. However, both vaccin
According to a British study conducted by Public Health England, the Pfizer and AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines are "highly effective", after two doses, against the variant identified in India.
The Pfizer vaccine, the BBC reports, was found to be 88% effective in stopping symptomatic disease from the Indian strain two weeks after the second dose.
AstraZeneca is 60% effective.
However, both vaccines are only 33% effective three weeks after a single dose.