Photo by Dreamstime
The inactivated vaccine, CoronaVac, proved effective in combatting COVID-19 in the city of Manaus, Brazil, where the highly transmissible P.1 variant emerged and has devastated the local population, researchers from Brazil and the Yale School of Public Health have found.
CoronaVac was shown to be 50% effective in preventing illness 14 days after administration of the first dose in its two-dose schedule. The study was conducted among nearly 70,000 health care workers in Manaus, which was the epicenter for the emergence of the P.1 variant.
It is the first study to evaluate the effectiveness of a COVID-19 vaccine in places where P.1, often referred to as the “Brazilian variant,” is widespread. Data will continue to be collected over the next few weeks to determine CoronaVac’s effectiveness after the second dose.
Aerial Recovery Group & Global Empowerment Mission deployed to St Vincent to respond to La Soufriere volcano eruption - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
reliefweb.int - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reliefweb.int Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Guyana gets first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX
jamaicaobserver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jamaicaobserver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Almost a year ago to the day, the jungle city of Manaus grabbed international headlines after a flood of COVID-19 deaths forced gravediggers to dig mass burials – catapulting the city into the centre of Brazil’s coronavirus outbreak.
Those scenes are now being repeated throughout Brazil, where authorities are working day and night to bury the dead, with experts warning that the country’s funeral services could be the next to topple.
Since the start of the year, an uncontrollable second wave has pushed Brazil over the 300,000 death mark. As the country continues to hit grim milestones – a record 4,247 deaths on Thursday alone – the entire South American nation is now the global COVID-19 epicentre, with experts warning that 5,000 Brazilians could lose their lives in a single day in April.