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. 2022 May 8;10(5):736. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10050736

Table 6.

Ro of SARS-CoV-2 that COVID-19 vaccination programs could block by achieving 70%, 80%, and 90% vaccination coverage, without infections among vaccinated individuals.

Vaccine Ro of SARS-CoV-2 Blocked by COVID-19 Vaccination Programs Achieving 70%, 80%, and 90% Vaccination Coverage a
Vaccination Coverage Vaccination Coverage Vaccination Coverage
70% 80% 90% 70% 80% 90% 70% 80% 90%
Ancestral Variant Delta Variant Omicron Variant
Ro Ro Ro Ro Ro Ro Ro Ro Ro
Moderna 2.81 3.79 5.81 2.75 3.68 5.52 1.51 1.62 1.76
Pfizer/BioNTech 2.51 3.21 4.42 2.43 3.05 4.10 1.45 1.54 1.66
Sputnik 2.51 3.21 4.42 2.47 3.13 4.26 1.45 1.54 1.66
Novavax 2.39 2.98 3.95 2.35 2.91 3.82 1.43 1.52 1.63
Covaxin 2.04 2.40 2.92 2.02 2.36 2.84 1.36 1.44 1.52
Oxford/Astra-Zeneca 1.79 2.02 2.31 1.93 2.23 2.64 1.34 1.40 1.48
Sinopharm 1.91 2.19 2.58 1.88 2.16 2.52 1.32 1.39 1.46
Janssen 2.02 2.36 2.84 1.81 2.05 2.36 1.30 1.36 1.42
CoronaVac 1.49 1.60 1.73 1.47 1.58 1.71 1.20 1.24 1.28
Convidecia 1.77 1.98 2.26 1.75 1.95 2.22 1.18 1.21 1.25
AstraZeneca (AZ 3D) 2.91 4.01 6.42 2.04 2.40 2.92
Pfizer (PF 3D) 2.97 4.14 6.81 2.17 2.60 3.26

a Ro values obtained for levels of effectiveness in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection for all vaccines [8] (Table 1), and effectiveness in preventing symptomatic infection for AZ 3D and PF 3D vaccination [28].