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Israel recorded eight cases of a coronavirus variant first found in India, the country’s health official said on Tuesday. The country also found that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine remains partially effective against the variant.
The first seven cases of the variant from India were detected in the country last week among people coming from abroad. The health ministry was cited by Reuters as saying that the people had undergone preliminary testing since then. The impression is that the Pfizer vaccine has efficacy against it, albeit a reduced efficacy, the health ministry s director-general, Hezi Levy, told Kan public radio. He also added that the cases have increased to eight now.
Israel reports Indian COVID-19 variant, sees some vaccine efficacy against it
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Israel logs 8 cases with Indian Covid-19 variant, says vaccines partially effective against it
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