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South African variant may 'break through' Pfizer vaccine protection, but vaccine...

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  • cafead   Apr 18, 2021 at 11:42: PM
via The coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa can break through the protection provided by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine to some extent, a real-world data study in Israel found. However, the variant's prevalence in Israel is very low and the vaccine remains highly effective.

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