Early Omicron breakthroughs show mRNA vaccines' weakness

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CAPE TOWN - Booster shots with messenger RNA vaccines such as those made by Pfizer and BioNTech failed to block Omicron in a study of some of the first documented breakthrough casesSeven German visit

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ors to Cape Town experienced symptomatic Covid-19 infections between late November and early December despite being boosted, the researchers, whose investigation was authorised by the University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University, said in findings published on Tuesday in The Lancet.

The shots appear to generate protection against Omicron with other parts of the immune system in addition to antibodies, such as T-cells, and so far hospital and mortality data have been less severe than with the delta variant that dominated earlier.The rapid global spread of Omicron, first identified in Botswana and South Africa in late November, has spurred the UK, the US, South Africa and other countries to step up or introduce booster programmes.

Preliminary data from an Israeli trial involving 154 health workers - released on Monday, just two weeks after that study began - showed that a fourth dose of Pfizer's shot didn't prevent infection with Omicron. Still, those in the trial had mild symptoms or none at all.

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