Pfizer vaccine ‘effective against key mutation’

Covid-19 vaccine.

Covid vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech was found to be effective in preventing 90 percent of Covid-19 infections. PHOTO | FILE

Despite fears that coronavirus mutations will render Covid-19 vaccines ineffective, a new research shows that the Pfizer vaccine is effective against a key mutation in the two fast-spreading variants.

The South Africa variant known as 501.V2, and the UK one- B117 seemingly have similar characteristics, where both seem to spread faster than the original virus.