U.K. study finds vaccines offer high protection against hospitalisation from Delta variant
The Hindu
PHE said that those levels of protection were comparable to that against the Alpha variant, first identified in Kent, southeast England
COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and AstraZeneca offer high protection of more than 90% against hospitalisation from the Delta coronavirus variant, a new analysis by Public Health England (PHE) showed on Monday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce a delayto the lifting of restrictions in England due to the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant of concern, first identified in India, which is also associated with a higher risk of hospitalisation among the unvaccinated. PHE said that the Pfizer/Biontech COVID-19 vaccine was 96% effective against hospitalisation from the Delta variant after two doses, while Oxford/AstraZeneca's offered 92% protection against hospitalisation by Delta.
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