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Kuala Lumpur, 22 May — Two doses of the Oxford\/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is around 85 percent to 90 percent effective against the symptomatic disease, Public Health England (PHE) said Thursday, citing an analysis of real-world data from the rollout of the shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Britain suffered some of the worst death tolls globally from the pandemic but has also had one of the fastest rollouts of COVID-19 vaccines, generating tons of invaluable data about the use of the shots in real-world settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a weekly surveillance report, Public Health England said that the estimated effectiveness of the AstraZeneca vaccine, developed at the University of Oxford, was 89% compared to unvaccinated people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That compares to 90% estimated effectiveness against symptomatic disease for the Pfizer\/BioNTechvaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UK’s vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said that this new data highlights the incredible impact that both doses of the vaccine can have, with a second dose of the Oxford\/AstraZeneca vaccine providing up to 90% protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PHE said there was a “small reduction in vaccine effectiveness” from 10 weeks after the first dose. Britain extended the gap between doses to 12 weeks, though Pfizer warned there was a lack of evidence of its efficacy outside the three-week gap used in trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last week, Britain cut the gap between doses down to 8 weeks for the over 50s, aiming to give maximum protection to more vulnerable people in light of concern about the B.1.617.2 variant first found in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Britain has been rolling out the shots manufactured by Pfizer and AstraZeneca since December and January respectively, and in April also started rolling out Moderna’s vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PHE also estimated that the COVID-19 vaccine program overall had prevented the deaths of 13,000 over-60s up to May 9, and stopped 39,100 of those over 65 from needing hospital treatment from COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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