The J&J Covid-19 vaccine protects people against dying if they get infected with the Delta variant.
Senior features writerGlenda Gray, left, and Linda-Gail Bekker led the Sisonke implementation study using the J&J vaccine and new results show it saves lives against the Delta variant.The J&J Covid-19 vaccine protects people against dying if they get infected with the Delta variant, Prof Glenda Gray, co-principal investigator of the Sisonke implementation study — which gave nearly half a million healthcare workers J&J jabs — said on Friday.
Gray and co-principal investigator of the Sisonke implementation, Prof Linda-Gail Bekker, launched Sisonke on February 17 when the national rollout faltered and they vaccinated about 478,000 healthcare workers until May 17.Heath minister Joe Phaahla said, in the same briefing, that fewer healthcare workers had died or been sick during the third wave after being vaccinated with the J&J shot.
The Sisonke analysis found that the J&J vaccine protected against both the Delta and Beta variants, with “in fact greater effect against Delta”.
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