However, they were only 33-percent effective three weeks after the first dose.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock described the outcome as groundbreaking, while PHE said it expects to see even higher levels of effectiveness against hospital admission and death. This new evidence is groundbreaking and proves just how valuable our Covid-19 vaccination programme is in protecting the people we love, Hancock told broadcasters. I m increasingly confident that we re on track for the roadmap, because this data shows that the vaccine, after two doses, works just as effectively (against the Indian variant), he added.
Earlier this month, the World Health Organization (WHO) dubbed the India s B1617.2 strain a variant of global concern .
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