According to a recent study published in the journal New England Journal of Medicine , reported that two doses of AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines may be 90% effective in preventing deaths from the new Delta variant of Corona, according to a website report. healthsiteThe study focused on some key points, using data from the monitoring platform EAVE II COVID-19 Scotland, the first to show across the country how effective vaccines are in preventing death from the delta variant, the dominant form of the virus in many other countries.
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The research team from the Universities of Edinburgh and Strathclyde and Public Health Scotland analyzed data from 5.4 million people in Scotland between 1 April and 27 September 2021.
For the study, researchers found that nearly 115,000 people tested positive for COVID-19 through a test PCR conducted in the community, not in a hospital, and 201 deaths from the virus have been recorded.
According to the researchers, the study found that the Pfizer vaccine is 90% effective and the vaccine -AstraZeneca, known as Covishield In India, it is 91% effective in preventing deaths in people who have been vaccinated twice.
Speaking to the media, Professor Aziz Sheikh, Director of the Usher Institute at the University of Edinburgh, said: “Given that the delta variant is now the dominant strain in many places around the world and poses a greater risk of hospitalization than previous variants seen in the UK, this is reassuring. Let’s see that vaccination provides high protection against death very soon after the second dose.”
Experts emphasized that immunization is the only way to prevent infection with the virus, however, some vaccines may not provide you with the same amount of protection against new variants of the Corona virus as they were against the first strain of Corona, but still taking the vaccine is important because it will protect you from suffering from the severity of infection. .