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First Pfizer shot is 85% effective: study – PerthNow
An Israeli study has found the first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is 85 per cent effective, according to The Lancet.
The first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is 85 per cent effective, a study of healthcare workers at an Israeli hospital has found, potentially fuelling a debate over the recommended two-dose schedule as governments try to stretch out supplies.
The Sheba Medical Centre’s findings compare with overall efficacy of about 95 per cent in a two-dose regimen 21 days apart for the shot developed with Germany’s BioNTech.
The Sheba study, to be published in The Lancet medical journal, comes a day after…
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