South African variant may 'break through' Pfizer vaccine protection, but vaccine highly effective, Israeli study says

South African variant may 'break through' Pfizer vaccine protection, but vaccine highly effective, Israeli study says

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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.