BERLIN, Oct 22 — A booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE was 95.6 per cent 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...
BERLIN, Oct 22 — A booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE was 95.6 per cent 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.
on Thursday, clearing the way for a final approval from its director that would allow such shots in the coming days. “I’m just still very curious if this is primarily in people who are much, much older. Because what we don’t want to do is run out and give boosters to 25-year-olds who had Covid before and got two doses of the vaccine, just based on this press release,” Gellad said.
The median age of the participants was 53 years, with 55.5 per cent of participants between 16 and 55 years, and 23.3 per cent at 65 years or older.
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