Large real world study confirms Pfizer vaccine 94% effective

Published Thu, Feb 25, 2021 · 06:54 AM

[WASHINGTON] The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine proved 94 per cent effective in a study involving 1.2 million people in Israel published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday.

It is the first peer-reviewed real world research confirming the power of mass immunisation campaigns to bring the pandemic to a close.

AFP

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