On Thursday, the World Health Organization said at least 20 percent of the continent can expect to be immunized against coronavirus by the end of the year Only a handful of Africans have been vaccinated against COVID-19, which is a stark difference when compared to richer nations, as African countries …
Read More »Pfizer vaccine ‘effective’ against South African covid-19 new strain
Pfizer and BioNTech laboratories say their vaccine has been shown to be effective against coronavirus variants that emerged in Britain and South Africa. They said the virus mutations had only a small impact on the effectiveness of antibodies generated by the vaccine. Pfizer said it would continue to monitor its …
Read More »Covid-19: Moderna announces that its vaccine would protect against variants
On Monday, the American laboratory ModernaTherapeutics, claimed that its vaccine would protect against the British and South African variants. Stephane Bancel, CEO of Moderna added that this announcement would not have been made without excessive caution and without a battery of preliminary tests having been carried out in the laboratory. …
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