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Two shots of Pfizer's Covid vaccine offers around 70 percent protection against severe disease from Omicron, according to results of a study published Tuesday in South Africa.
The new coronavirus variant, called omicron, was first identified in South Africa only about a month ago and is already spreading quickly in Europe and
The study also showed that a two-dose Pfizer/BioNTech vaccination provides just 33% protection against infection by the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
A study in South Africa, where the Omicron variant was first found, appears to show the new strain of COVID-19 is more transmissible, but less deadly.
Data from 78,000 South Africans with COVID show the Pfizer vaccine is far less effective in preventing infection by the omicron variant. But there is still significant protection from severe illness.