Covid-19: South Africa pauses use of Oxford vaccine after study casts doubt on efficacy against variant
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Rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine in South Africa has been paused after a study 2000 healthy and young volunteers reported that it did not protect against mild moderate disease caused by new variant (501Y.V2) emerged there. The study, which published was seen Financial Times ,1 looked at efficacy 501Y.V2 variant—which accounts for around 90% cases Africa—in HIV negative people. While reports suggested ineffective preventing to population, no data have made available public. Efficacy …
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0959-8138']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n372