Italy says mRNA Covid jab effectiveness stable after seven months, but not for all | Malay Mail

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MILAN, Oct 7 — Seven months after the second dose, there is no reduction in the efficacy of Covid-19 mRNA vaccines in the general population in Italy, while a slight decline is seen for some specific groups, the National Health Institute (ISS) said on Wednesday. The report led by ISS and the...

MILAN, Oct 7 — Seven months after the second dose, there is no reduction in the efficacy of Covid-19 mRNA vaccines in the general population in Italy, while a slight decline is seen for some specific groups, the National Health Institute said on Wednesday.

The findings on protection from infection differ from a study carried out by Pfizer and published on Oct. 4 in theThat showed the effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in preventing infection dropped to 47 per cent from 88 per cent six months after the second dose. The ISS report said that immunocompromised people saw their protection against infection drop from 28 days after the second dose, with the reduction varying widely according to which diseases cause the weakened immune system.

Comparing the period in which the Alpha variant was prevalent with that in which the Delta variant was, efficacy against infection fell from 84.8 per cent to 67.1 per cent, while protection against hospitalisation declined much less, from 91.7 per cent to 88.7 per cent.

 

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