Oxford’s Covishield vaccine ‘failed’ before Omicron in Britain, India’s tension may increase

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Millions of people in the UK are breathing unsafe and at risk of infection from the Omicron variant of the corona. A large number of people are competing to get a booster dose, while experts have warned that many people will not be able to get the vaccine until Christmas due to disturbances on the NHS booking site. Omicron is rapidly expanding its footprint in the UK and it could get even worse in the next two weeks.

The UK Health Protection Agency has issued a warning saying that by the end of this month, cases of infection could reach 1 million. Fortunately, a booster dose of the vaccine has shown effectiveness against Omicron, but millions of people who have not yet received the third dose are at risk of infection. Government scientists compared 581 cases of Omicron in the UK to 56,000 cases in Delta to get an initial estimate of how well the vaccines protect against the new variants.
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Vaccine effectiveness drops to ‘zero’ after a few months
They found that most elderly people who had been given two doses of AstraZeneca several months earlier showed almost no protection against Omicron. The two Pfizer doses showed a little over 30 percent protection. But using Pfizer as the third dose was found to protect 71 percent of those originally taking the AstraZeneca vaccine and 76 percent of those taking both doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

Experts appealed for booster dose
Britain’s Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is being used in India’s vaccination campaign under the name Covishield, which is manufactured in India itself. Experts are appealing to people to get a booster dose. Omicron cases are doubling every three days in the UK. Health officials are worried about the upcoming Christmas when large numbers of people take to the streets to celebrate. People have been appealed to get tested and follow social distancing to avoid infection.