A medic administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a beneficiary during a mop-up drive at Lumla in Tawang district. (PTI)
The immunological response in the blood of 50 patients was tested two weeks after receiving their second and final dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine.
A new study has found that older people are more susceptible to the different variants of coronavirus as they have fewer antibodies against SARS-COV-2. This includes those who have been vaccinated against the COVID-19, the study conducted by a team of researchers from the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) has shown.
“The older population is more susceptible to the variants even if vaccinated,” said senior author Fikadu Tafesse, an assistant professor at OHSU’s School Of Medicine. The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The immunological response in the blood of 50 patients was tested two weeks after receiving their second and final dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine….