Covid vaccines still effective against Delta variant

Covid vaccines still effective against Delta variant Having two doses of Covid vaccine remains the best way to protect against the Delta variant, first identified in India and now dominant in the UK.

The Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, though initially less effective, offers the same high protection as the Pfizer-BioNTech after four to five months, the largest study of its kind suggests. BBC News

See also: 

• Impact of Delta on viral burden and vaccine effectiveness against new SARS-CoV-2 infections in the UK (open access) Nuffield Department of Medicine
• Covid vaccine: US plans to offer booster Covid jabs in September BBC News
• UK's Covid cases rise again with 33,904 positive tests, marking a 15% week-on-week jump The Daily Mail
• Double-jabbed who catch Delta variant are just as likely to spread Covid as the unvaccinated The Daily Mail
• Covid hospital patient numbers hit five-month high in England The Independent
• NHS worker who died with Covid was refused shielding status despite history of respiratory problems ITV News