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New data released on Thursday, suggests the one-dose Johnson & Johnson (J&J) jab protects against the new, more contagious Delta variant of Covid-19. In fact, the jab may be better at fending off infections from the new strain than it was at protecting against South Africa’s previous variants. The vaccine performed even better against the Delta variant in these laboratory tests than against the Beta Covid-19 strain that was, until recently, the dominant strain of the virus in South Africa. One of the studies was released as a pre-print but has not yet been peer-reviewed. The other is await...

SA reconsiders AstraZeneca jab as it proves effective against Delta variant SA sold 1-million doses of the vaccine to the AU in March because it was not effective against Beta Covid-19 variant BL PREMIUM 30 June 2021 - 21:04 Linda Ensor SA could once again acquire the AstraZeneca vaccine, which has proved effective against the Delta variant of the Covid-19 virus rapidly spreading through SA, deputy health minister Joe Phaahla told MPs Thursday night. SA secured 1.5-million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in January, received 1-million in February  and then sold them to the A...

British-Swedish biopharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has in partnership with the University of Oxford rolled out human trials for booster shots against Beta

Written by rjs, MarketWatch 666The news posted last week for the coronavirus 2019-nCoV (aka SARS-CoV-2), which produces COVID-19 disease, has been surveyed and some important articles are summarized here. The articles are more or less organized with general virus news and anecdotes first, then stories from around the US, followed by an increased number of items from other countries around the globe. Economic news related to COVID-19 is found here.