Israel sees vaccine efficacy against Indian variant

JERUSALEM: Israel has found eight cases of a Covid-19 variant first identified in India and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is partially effective against it, an Israeli health official has said.

An initial seven cases of the variant were detected last week among people arriving from abroad. They have undergone preliminary testing.

“The impression is that the Pfizer vaccine has efficacy against it, albeit a reduced efficacy,” the health ministry’s director-general, Hezi Levy, told Kan radio.