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Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine efficacy: Boris Johnson said vaccines remain of massive benefit to the UK (Image: GETTY) READ MORE But a recent study of some 2,000 young people has shown the Oxford vaccine only offers minimal protection against mild and moderate infection from the South African Covid variant. However, the study could not conclude whether the vaccine also worked against severe disease due to the young age of the trial participants, who were on average aged 31. Andrew Pollard, chief investigator on the Oxford vaccine trial, said: This study confirms that the pandemic coronavirus will find ways to continue to spread in vaccinated populations, as expected.

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