The New York Times: AstraZeneca’s Vaccine Does Not Work Well Against Virus Variant In South Africa

The New York Times: AstraZeneca’s Vaccine Does Not Work Well Against Virus Variant In South Africa
The findings were a devastating blow to the country’s efforts to combat the pandemic. Scientists in South Africa said on Sunday that a similar problem held among people who had been infected by earlier versions of the coronavirus: The immunity they acquired naturally did not appear to protect them from mild or moderate cases when reinfected by the variant, known as B.1.351. (2/8)