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. 2021 Dec 9;59:100794. doi: 10.1016/j.drup.2021.100794

Table 4.

Efficacy of FDA Approved Vaccines Against Selected Sars-Cov2 Variants (Gubbay et al., 2021).

Virus variant
Name of the vaccine Alpha Variant (B.1.1.7) Beta Variant (B.1.351) Delta Variant (B.1.617.2)
Comirnaty (Pfizer BioNTech) Vaccine effectiveness Vs symptomatic infection Vaccine effectiveness Vs symptomatic infection Vaccine effectiveness Vs symptomatic infection
Dose 1 95 % CI 64–68 % 95 % CI 52–67 % 56 %
Dose 2 95 % CI 86–91 % 95 % CI 69–92 % 95 % CI 64–95 %
Spikevax (Moderna) Vaccine effectiveness Vs Hospitalization rate Vaccine effectiveness Vs Hospitalization rate Vaccine effectiveness Vs Hospitalization rate
Dose 1 95 % CI 80–86 % 95 % CI 69–92 % 78 %
Dose 2 95 % CI 86–96 % No information No information
Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine (Johnson & Johnson) Vaccine effectiveness Vs symptomatic infection rate Vaccine effectiveness Vs symptomatic infection rate Vaccine effectiveness Vs symptomatic infection rate
Dose 1 effective according to the manufacturer effective according to the manufacturer effective according to the manufacturer

Legend: 95 % CI – 95 % confidence interval.