Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine protects people for at least six months and likely longer — even against new variants, researchers have reported
Protection against the Delta variant, now dominant across the US, barely waned, the National Institutes of Health-led team found. The team will continue to look for evidence of protection beyond six months."High levels of binding antibodies recognizing all tested variants, including B.1.351 and B.1.617.
"We do not believe that others, elderly or non-elderly, who are not immunocompromised need a vaccine right at this moment." Tests of Pfizer's and Johnson & Johnson's vaccines also indicate they provide at least six months of immunity, and likely longer.
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