Two AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots 85-90% effective: Public Health England
The Hindu
PHE was citing an analysis of real-world data from the rollout of the shot
Two doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is around 85% to 90% effective against symptomatic disease, Public Health England (PHE) said on Thursday, citing an analysis of real-world data from the rollout of the shot. Britain has suffered one of the worst death tolls globally from the pandemic, but has also had one of the fastest rollouts of COVID-19 vaccines, generating a lot of data about the use of the shots in real world settings. Also read |
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