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. 2021 Oct 12;11(6):20210008. doi: 10.1098/rsfs.2021.0008

Table 4.

Published information on the impact of licensed vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 infection and associated disease in protecting against infection and disease from different viral variants.

vaccine efficacy against transmission from phase 3 trials
effective or not against infection of different variants
after 1st dose after 2nd dose variants of concern (VOC)
variants of interest (VOI)
B.1.1.7 (Alpha) B.1.351 (Beta) P.1 (Gamma) B.1.617 (Delta) B.1.525 (Eta) B.1.526 (Iota) B.1.617 (Kappa) C.37 (Lambda)
Oxford-Astra Zeneca 67% [117] 50% [117] yes (70.4% [147]–74.5% [127]) no (10.4%) [148] unknown yes (67%) [127] unknown yes unknown
Moderna ≥61% (estimate) [149] unknown unknown remains to be determined [150] unknown yes [121] unknown yes [121] unknown
Pfizer-BioNTech unknown yes (89.5%) [151,152] yes (75%) [152,153] unknown yes (64% [154]–88% [127]) unknown yes [153] unknown
Sinopharm unknown yes [155] yes [156] unknown
Sinovac unknown yes [157] yes [157] no [100] unknown
Sputnik V (Gamaleya) unknown unknown yes (90%) [158] unknown
Novaxvax unknown yes (86.3%) [138] yes (49.4–60%) [139,159] unknown
Johnson & Johnson 74% [140] unknown yes [160] unknown
CanSino unknown unknown