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The vaccine approach does not necessarily need to be changed in the light of what is now known about the new variant which has been identified in South Africa, Professor Karim adds at the briefing (see earlier posts).
“Vaccines that we see with Pfizer and Moderna with 95 per cent efficacy are among the most effective vaccines that we have for any disease. Take the measles vaccines .. this is comparable with that,” he said.
There’s more from Professor Abdool Karim at that presentation about the South African variant of Covid 19, where he adds that current data suggests it is not causing more severe disease.
We also don’t yet have an answer to whether vaccines are less effective against the variant, he adds.
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