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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (180): variant vaccine, efficacy, Nepal, Southeast Asia, WHO

COVID-19 -- NepalModerna: 94.5 (86.5-97.8)Pfizer: 94.2 (88.7-97.2)Novavax: 89.3 (75.2-95.4)AstraZeneca: 81.5 (67.9-89.4)Sinopharm: 78.1 (64.9-86.3)Sinovac: 50.7 (35.7-62.2)The researchers found vaccine efficacy against infectiousness was 54%, on average, indicating that immunization reduces the direct transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to others by 54%.Data for 4 vaccines are summarized below.Vaccine: % against infectiousness---------------------Pfizer: 94.0Moderna: 80.0Johnson & Johnson: Read more [...]