South African variant of Covid could significantly reduce vaccine protection: Pfizer
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A nurse shows a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Santo Tomas Hospital, in Panama City, Panama February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Erick Marciscano
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. Updated: 18 Feb 2021, 08:37 AM IST Agencies
Pfizer and BioNTech said they were doing similar lab work to understand whether their vaccine is effective against another variant first found in Brazil
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A laboratory study released on Wednesday suggests that the South African variant of Covid-19 may reduce antibody protection from the Pfizer-BioNTech SE coronavirus vaccine by two-thirds, and it is not clear if the shot will be effective against the mutation, the companies said.