The test was carried out on 10,000 participants aged 16 and above.
A booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE was 95.6 percent effective against the coronavirus when compared to a vaccinated group that did not get the third shot, data from a large study released by the companies showed on Thursday.Show your support for robust journalism
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