Covid-19 boosters increase protection against death from the Omicron variant to 95% in people aged 50 or over, the UK Health Security Agency said on Thursday. The UKHSA said that around six months after a second dose of any of the Covid-19 vaccines, protection against death with Omicron was around 60% in those aged 50 and over. However, this increased to around 95% two weeks after receiving a booster vaccine dose. The UKHSA added that data continued to show high levels of protection against hospitalization from the booster. "This increased to 63% for BA.1 and 70% for BA.2 from two weeks following a booster vaccine."

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 28, 2022 07:03 UTC