Health
AstraZeneca vaccine could offer protection against severe disease caused by new variant – News24
The AstraZeneca vaccine may offer minimal protection against mild disease locally, but this doesn’t necessarily translate into the same result for severe disease….
After discovering the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doesn’t provide sufficient protection against mild to moderate disease caused by the new coronavirus variant, 501Y.V2, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced last week that SA’s vaccine plan will be halted.
This variant, which is highly transmissible, is currently the dominant form of the virus circulating in the country and has already spread to over 30 countries worldwide.
The announcement was based on the results of a small study by the…
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