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From CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen
TheModernaCovid-19vaccine created antibodies that neutralizedcoronavirusvariants first found in the United Kingdom and South Africa, the company said in a news release on Monday.
Two doses of the vaccine “is expected to be protective against emerging strains detected to date,” according to the release.
The company’s study showed that the variantfirstfound in the UK had “no significant impact” onthe vaccine’s effectiveness.
The results for the variant first spotted in South Africa, however, werenot asoptimistic —and some early studies havesuggestedvaccines may be somewhat less effective against this strain.
In the press release,Modernanotedthat“a six-fold reduction in neutralizing titers was observed with(the variantdiscovered in South Africa)relative to prior variants.”
The companysaid the vaccine was still expected to be effective.
“Despite this reduction, neutralizing titer levels with(the variant discovered in South Africa)remain above levels that are expected to be protective,” according to…
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