With the same effectiveness against the English version of "Covid-19"

A study confirms the effectiveness of the "Pfizer" and "AstraZeneca" vaccines against the Indian mutant

People in the waiting room after receiving a Pfizer vaccine in Mexico City.

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A study conducted by the health authorities in England showed that the "Pfizer / Biontech" and "AstraZeneca / Oxford" vaccines against the emerging corona virus (Covid-19) are effective against the mutated Indian version of this virus. They are nearly the same potency against the English mutated version.

According to the study conducted by the Public Health Agency in England, between April 5 and May 16 this year, the "Pfizer / Biontech" vaccine provided two weeks after receiving the second dose, with 88% effectiveness against the symptomatic Indian mutant, and 93%. Against the Symptomatic English Mutant.

In contrast, the efficacy of the "AstraZeneca / Oxford" vaccine, two weeks after receiving the second dose, was 60% against the symptomatic Indian mutant, and 66% against the asymptomatic English mutant.

British Health Minister Matt Hancock welcomed the results of this study, which comes at a time when the British government is counting on the national vaccination campaign to combat the Indian convert, whose outbreak threatens to derail the plan to reopen the economy in the country.

"I feel increasingly confident that we are on the right track for the road map, because this data shows that the vaccine, after receiving two doses, is equally effective (in preventing the Indian strain)," Hancock said.

To limit the spread of this mutant, dubbed "B.1.617.2", which is feared to become prevalent in Britain, health authorities have reduced the interval between two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from three months to eight weeks for people over the age of 50 and for those classified. Within the category of the most vulnerable in terms of health.

These measures were also accompanied by the intensification of examinations aimed at detecting HIV infections in the most vulnerable areas, especially in the northwest of England and some parts of London.

According to the study, the vaccines "Pfizer / Biontec" and "AstraZeneca / Oxford" provided, three weeks after receiving the first dose, with an efficacy of 33% against the symptomatic Indian mutant, and by 50% against the mutant. Symptomatic English.

According to data from the Public Health Agency in England, between February 1 and May 18, at least 2,889 cases of Indian mutant were recorded in England.

104 of these injured people were forced to receive first aid in hospital emergency departments, while 31 of them remained in hospital, while six died.

Mary Ramsay, in charge of vaccination at the Public Health Agency in England, said that two doses of either of these vaccines provide high levels of protection against the symptoms associated with infection with the B.1.617.2 mutated.

She added, "We expect vaccines to be more effective in preventing hospitalizations and deaths."

Britain is the first country in Europe in terms of the number of deaths caused by "Corona", as the pandemic had claimed more than 127,000 lives in it, until yesterday.

In this country, the percentage of adults who received the first dose of the anti-corona vaccine was more than 70%, while the percentage of those who received the vaccine with both doses was more than 40%.

It is scheduled, according to the British government's plans, to lift the remainder of the Corona virus restrictions on June 21.

In addition, the Prime Minister of the Government of New Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, said yesterday that the Indian capital will begin next week to ease strict public isolation measures to combat the Corona virus if new cases of infection continue to decline.

Yesterday, India recorded 240,842 new cases of Coronavirus and 3,741 deaths within 24 hours.

This is the lowest number of new daily infections in more than a month.

The Indian Ministry of Health data indicated that the total number of injuries in the country reached 26.5 million, while the number of deaths reached 299266.

India has been grappling with a second and ferocious wave of "Covid-19" for weeks, which caused a shortage of oxygen supplies.

• A British body confirms that two doses of the two vaccines provide protection and avoid deaths.

• The Indian capital is in the process of easing restrictions to combat "Corona", with the decline in injuries.

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