Protection of COVID-19 vaccination and previous infection against Omicron BA.1, BA.2 and Delta SARS-CoV-2 infections

oleh: Stijn P. Andeweg, Brechje de Gier, Dirk Eggink, Caroline van den Ende, Noortje van Maarseveen, Lubna Ali, Boris Vlaemynck, Raf Schepers, Susan J. M. Hahné, Chantal B. E. M. Reusken, Hester E. de Melker, Susan van den Hof, Mirjam J. Knol

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01

Deskripsi

The protection of COVID-19 vaccines against emerging variants needs to be monitored. Here, the authors use community testing data from the Netherlands and find that protection against infection by Omicron subvariants BA.1 and 2 is low and that booster vaccines considerably but temporarily increase protection.