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. 2022 Feb 3;15:373–385. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S344099

Table 4.

Vaccine Efficacy/Effectiveness Against Variants Possessing E484K

Vaccine Number of Participants Country Period Vaccine Efficacy/ Effectiveness Ref.
BNT162b2 265,410 Qatar December 21, 2020–March 31, 2021 Vaccine efficacy against any documented infection
-Alpha variant: 89.5% (95% CI, 85.9 to 92.3)
-Beta variant: 75.0% (95% CI, 70.5 to 78.9)
[33]
ChAdOx1 nCoV-19/AZD1222 2026 South Africa June 24–November 9, 2020 -Vaccine efficacy for preventing mild-to-moderate infection: 21.9% (95% CI, −49.9 to 59.8)
-Vaccine efficacy for beta variant infection: 10.4%
[25]
Ad26.COV2.S 43,783 USA and South Africa September 21, 2020-January 22, 2021 Overall vaccine efficacy:
-74% in the United States
-52% in South Africa (Beta variant accounts for 95% of the Covid-19 infection in South Africa)
[34]
NVX-CoV2373 29,960 USA and Mexico January 25- April 30, 2021 -Mostly Alpha variant
-Vaccine efficacy: 90.4% (95% CI 82.9–94.6) for preventing mild, moderate, or severe infection
[59]
4387 South Africa August 17, 2020-November 25, 2020 -Mostly Beta variant
-Vaccine efficacy: 49.4% (95% CI 6.1–72.8) for preventing mild-to-moderate Covid-19
[36]