BREAKING: Two doses of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine provided up to 85 percent protection against hospitalization from the Omicron variant, researchers in South Africa reported on Thursday
Two doses of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine provided up to 85 percent protection against hospitalization from the Omicron variant, researchers in South Africa reported on Thursday.
The results mark the first evidence of the effectiveness of such a vaccine boost while Omicron is circulating and are important considering the increased reliance on the J&J vaccine in Africa, where the virus strain was first observed,The Food and Drug Administration authorized J&J boosters in October as part of a broader expansion of the country's booster campaign heading into the fall and winter.
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