One dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine offers two-thirds protection against coronavirus, data seen by the U.K. government suggests. The AstraZeneca vaccine offers similar protection, the newspaper said. A successful mass vaccine rollout is key to the government’s hopes of reopening the economy after months of lockdown. More than 12.6 million people in the U.K. have so far received their first doses of either the Pfizer shot or the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, according to latest data published Tuesday. But while the U.K.’s vaccine rollout is one of the most advanced in the world, the one big doubt is whether the shots will remain effective against new strains of coronavirus.

Source: Mint February 10, 2021 01:07 UTC