- Pfizer data suggest the third dose of Covid-19 vaccine ‘strongly’ boosts protection against Delta variant
- data also show that antibody levels are much higher against the original coronavirus variant and the Beta variant
A third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine can “strongly” boost protection against the Delta variant says an article on CNN.
The third dose to boost protection
Data suggests the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine ‘strongly’ boosts Delta variant protection The levels of antibodies that can target the Delta variant grow fivefold in people 18 to 55 who get a third dose of the vaccine. Among people aged 65 to 85, the Pfizer data suggest that antibody levels that should protect against Delta grow 11-fold more than following a second dose.
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Source: CNN