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AstraZeneca vaccine better when given 12 weeks apart
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Waiting three months between the first and second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine results in high efficacy, backing current recommendations from Australian authorities, new research shows.
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Research in The Lancet shows the first of the two jabs offers 76 percent protection
The vaccine uses new technology, so more research is expected to come
The study, which involved more than 17,000 participants and was published recently in The Lancet00432-3/fulltext “The Lancet journal”), found the vaccine – which most people in Australia will receive – had an 81 per cent efficacy rate when a second dose was given three months after the first.
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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses have better efficacy when given 12 weeks apart, study finds
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In some countries, the two-dose AstraZeneca vaccine has been offered to people between as little as four weeks apart.
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Waiting three months between the first and second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine results in high efficacy, backing current recommendations from Australian authorities, new research shows.
Key points:
Australia s regulator recommends a 12-week gap between AstraZeneca doses
Research in The Lancet shows the first of the two jabs offers 76 per cent protection
The vaccine uses new technology, so more research is expected to come
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