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Preliminary findings from a Pfizer study: "The vaccine we produced for Corona is effective against the mutations from South Africa and the UK" | Israel today

2021-01-08T05:46:38.808Z


| United States The drug giant released preliminary results for a study, conducted in collaboration with scientists from the University of Texas in the US, and examined the antibodies' dealings with the two mutations. • The results, according to the company, were encouraging. The vaccine of the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer is probably effective against the British mutation and the South African mutatio


The drug giant released preliminary results for a study, conducted in collaboration with scientists from the University of Texas in the US, and examined the antibodies' dealings with the two mutations. • The results, according to the company, were encouraging.

The vaccine of the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer is probably effective against the British mutation and the South African mutation.

This was reported today (Friday) in the Reuters news agency based on a study published by Pfizer.

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The Pfizer study, which has not yet been published for peer review, was conducted in collaboration with scientists from the University of Texas in the United States.

According to scientists and medical sources, the new mutations, and in particular from South Africa, may be more contagious and be responsible for the accelerated spread of the virus.

As a result, there has been a growing concern that existing vaccines approved for use may be less effective against the new mutations.

The Reuters news agency reported that the study itself was based on laboratory experiments performed using blood taken from people who received the vaccine.

It was further noted that the findings of the present study are limited, as it did not examine the totality of the mutations found in the newer versions of the virus.

Meanwhile, yesterday the Ministry of Health published the details of the settlement of the State of Israel with Pfizer.

Under the agreement, morbidity data in Israel will be transmitted to the American company on an ongoing basis.

Pfizer, on the other hand, will deliver a million vaccines against Corona, hundreds of thousands of which are expected to arrive next week. 

According to the Ministry of Health, "In light of the success of the vaccination campaign in Israel and the high response of the public to get vaccinated, and in order to avoid a shortage of vaccines in the country, the Ministry of Health asked Pfizer to bring forward vaccinations." 

Source: israelhayom

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