Pfizer: Covid-19 vaccine seems effective in UK variant
(CercleFinance.com) - Pfizer and German partner BioNTechSE said on Wednesday that an in-vitro study showed that people immunised with their Covid-19 vaccine were also able to neutralise the virus UK strain.
The drugmakers said they are encouraged by these early findings, but warned that further data is needed to monitor the vaccine's effectiveness in preventing new virus variants.
The rapidly spreading variant detected in the UK carries a larger than usual number of genetic changes, with 10 mutations located in the spike protein, Pfizert and BioNTechSE said.
Its characteristic features are also shared by the South African strain.
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