JERUSALEM – Israeli researchers said on Saturday they found that a three-shot course of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine provided significant protection against the new Omicron variant. “People who received the second dose 5 or 6 months ago do not have any neutralization ability against the Omicron. “The good news is that with the booster dose it increases about a hundred fold. There is a significant protection of the booster dose. The Israeli research follows a study from South Africa that found the Omicron variant can partially evade protection from two doses.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 12, 2021 03:12 UTC