Pfizer vaccine protects against new variants, research claims

Director of nursing at Killarney Community Hospital Máire Flynn after receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine last Thursday morning. Picture: Don MacMonagle

The Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech does protect against the two new mutant variants, at least one of which has contributed to the increase in cases here, according to new research.

The pharmaceutical giant and researchers from the University of Texas carried out lab tests on the strains, one of which was found in the UK while the other originated in South Africa.