Pfizer Vaccines Provide 70% Protection Against Hospitalization From Omicron
A preliminary study shows the Omicron variant is 'highly transmissible' and may better evade vaccines.
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A preliminary study shows the Omicron variant is 'highly transmissible' and may better evade vaccines.
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.
A large South African analysis found Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine offered just 33% protection against infection by the omicron variant, but 70% protection against hospitalization.
A preliminary study shows the Omicron variant is 'highly transmissible' and may better evade vaccines.
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.