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AstraZeneca says its coronavirus vaccine can stop severe disease despite ‘limited’ success against South African variant – ABC News

While the British company says none of more than 2,000 participants died, the trial showed only limited efficacy for the vaccine against mild disease due to the…

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British company AstraZeneca says it believes its COVID-19 vaccine developed with Oxford University can protect against severe disease caused by the South African variant of the virus.
Key points:

  • Around 2,000 people took part in the trial
  • None of the participants were hospitalised or died after receiving the vaccine
  • But it showed “limited efficacy” against mild disease due to the South African variant

But AstraZeneca confirmed that early data from a small trial had shown only limited efficacy for…

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