Covid: Pfizer and Moderna jabs give best overall boost, UK trial finds
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- Purpose of the trial: study how well Covid booster jabs work
- 3000 participants enrolled in a blinded, multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 2 trial
- 7 seven different vaccines tested
- The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines being used in the UK as boosters give the best overall boost response, according to the trial
- To make vaccine supplies go further, even a half dose of Pfizer could be used to boost populations
- Related UK Government press release states boosters give over 90% protection against symptomatic COVID-19 in adults over 50
- The trial results are thought to have prompted the UK government to order an extra 114 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to be rolled out over the next two years.
Related Links
The Lancet: Safety and immunogenicity of seven COVID-19 vaccines as a third dose (booster) in the UK:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
GOV.UK: Boosters give over 90% protection against symptomatic COVID-19 in adults over 50
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/boosters-give-over-90-pro...
FT journalist: Impact of booster jabs on Covid cases on elderly people (60+ age) in November - a dramatic drop from October: