Pfizer vaccine have fewer antibodies to variant of Covid first discovered in India, new research suggests. A study from the Francis Crick Institute found that older people are most at risk with levels of antibodies getting lower with increasing age.
21.05.2021 - 15:03 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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Rochdale is to ramp up vaccination programme over the weekend in a bid to increase take-up and halt the spread of the virus.
Extra walk-in clinics are being put in place across the borough and there will also be a drive-thru site at Rochdale Football Club.
More than 16,000 residents in the highest priority groups have been offered the jab but are stilll to have their first dose.
Now they - and all over-18s - are being
Pfizer vaccine have fewer antibodies to variant of Covid first discovered in India, new research suggests. A study from the Francis Crick Institute found that older people are most at risk with levels of antibodies getting lower with increasing age.
St Andrew's House in Edinburgh earlier today the First Minister said the situation is giving cause for concern but that vaccines are providing hope. The number of people testing positive for the covid-19 has tripled in the last month with 992 new cases identified in the last 24-hour period.
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Covid Recovery said there were "encouraging signs" that the virus was under control across the country. Speaking on the BBC 's Good Morning Scotland show, the SNP MSP revealed the vaccine is working against the strains currently in circulation.
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