Berlin A group of seven Germans between the ages of 25 and 39 were infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in South Africa, even though they had all already received their booster vaccination.
“We’re seeing a lot of breakthrough infections right now. What we didn’t know is that even a booster vaccination with Biontech / Pfizer would not prevent this, ”explained Wolfgang Preiser, member of the research consortium that discovered the variant. That doesn’t mean that the vaccination doesn’t help, says Preiser. On the contrary: “That only shows that even the best possible vaccination is obviously not enough to prevent an infection – which we already suspected,” said Preiser. That raises questions.
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