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Covid booster 88% effective against hospital treatment with Omicron [View all]
Source: BBC
Covid booster 88% effective against hospital treatment with Omicron
By Philippa Roxby and Jim Reed
BBC News
31 December 2021
A booster vaccine is 88% effective at preventing people ending up in hospital with Covid-19, new data from the UK Health Security Agency suggests.
The new data confirms that two doses of the AstraZeneca, Pfizer or Moderna vaccines offers little protection against being infected with Omicron.
But protection against severe disease appears to be holding up much better against the new variant.
Health officials said this reinforces the importance of getting a third dose.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-59840524
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