J&J Claims Effectiveness of Its Delta Vaccine
Scientists called the results of the study encouraging, but warned: too few volunteers took part in the tests.
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has announced that its one-component CORONAVIRUS vaccine is effective against the Delta strain, which is considered more contagious and is spreading rapidly around the world. The report of the American company indicates that, according to the results of studies, after vaccination, immunity receives protection from the virus for eight months.
According to the results of the third stage of clinical trials, scientists have found that the effectiveness of the vaccine against the most infectious strains of coronavirus is 85%, while it protects against possible hospitalization and death.
The "Vector" called the difference between their two vaccines
According to ABC, American experts have previously expressed doubts that the single-component vaccine will be as effective as the two-component versions from Pfizer and Moderna, Johnson & Johnson's main competitors in the United States . According to the DIRECTOR of the Israel Center for Virology, Dan Barush, the results of the latest research should be called encouraging. At the same time, he noted that the real effectiveness can be judged only after thousands of people receive the drug.
The delta and delta plus strains were first discovered and described in India. The World HEALTH Organization estimates that they are about twice as contagious as the original Wuhan variant of the coronavirus.
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In RUSSIA, experts assure that the Sputnik V vaccine with the Indian strain reduces serum activity to the coronavirus spike protein by 2.6 times. However, the effectiveness of the drug remains at the level of 90%, according to the RDIF.
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HEAD of the Center Gamalei Alexander Gintsburg noted that the Indian strain is "angrier", as it shortens the period of transition to a severe form of the disease. To protect yourself from contracting this variant, he says, you need to “keep your antibody levels high by boosting more frequently.”