COVID 19; MODERNA VACCINE SEEMS EFFECTIVE

  • 26/01/2021

Early outcomes show Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine is useful against the new variant of the virus detected in Britain and South Africa .The firm said early laboratory tests showed that the vaccine triggers an immune response that could shield people against the variants.

But it added that trials showed the neutralizing antibody response to the South African variant was sixfold more inferior compared to previous strains of the virus. Levels of security still "remained above" the amount expected, it added. As a precaution, Moderna is to start experimenting with a third "booster" dose, alongside its two-dose vaccine, to see if those assists neutralize the virus strains further. It is also working on a new booster vaccine precise to the South African variant of the virus.

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