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. 2022 May 20;13:898192. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.898192

Table 3.

COVID-19 VE* against SARS-CoV-2 variant infection.

COVID-19 Vaccines Dose VE % (95% CI) against SARS-CoV-2 Variant Documented Infection
Alpha Beta Gamma Delta Omicron
United States of America
AstraZeneca-Vaxzevria/SII-Covishield vaccine 2nd
Janssen-Ad26.COV 2.S vaccine 1st 79 (77–80) (43) 78 (73–82) (43)
Moderna-mRNA-1273 vaccine 2nd 98.4 (96.9–99.1) (44) 95.5 (90.9–97.8) (44) 66.7 (58.9–73.0) (45) 13.9 (10.5–17.1) (46)
Pfizer BioNTech-Comirnaty vaccine 2nd 66.5 (58.3–73.1) (48) 68.9 (61.9–74.7) (45) 25 (20–30) (49)
Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine
Canada
AstraZeneca-Vaxzevria/SII-Covishield vaccine 2nd 74 (29–90) (50) §100 (no CI provided) (51) 90 (61–98) (50) 70 (66–73) (50)
Janssen-Ad26.COV 2.S vaccine
Moderna-mRNA-1273 vaccine 2nd 95 (85–98) (50) §100 (no CI provided) (51) 95 (85–99) (50) 92 (91–93) (50)
Pfizer BioNTech-Comirnaty vaccine 2nd 96 (93–98) (50) §81 (−38–97) (51) 93 (89–95) (50) 91 (91–92) (50)
Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine
Spain
AstraZeneca-Vaxzevria/SII-Covishield vaccine 2nd 38 (−42–73) (41) 55 (39–67) (41)
Janssen-Ad26.COV 2.S vaccine 1st 77 (27–93) (41) 42 (18–59) (41)
Moderna-mRNA-1273 vaccine 2nd 86 (56–95) (41) 77 (64–85) (41)
Pfizer BioNTech-Comirnaty vaccine 2nd 71 (61–78) (41) 67 (59–74) (41)
Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine
United Kingdom
AstraZeneca-Vaxzevria/SII-Covishield vaccine 2nd 73 (66–78) (42) 78.9 (66.6–86.7) (27) 11.4 (−18.8–34.6) (27)
Janssen-Ad26.COV 2.S vaccine
Moderna-mRNA-1273 vaccine 2nd 87.8 (79.8–92.7) (27) 23.7 (4.4–39.4) (27)
Pfizer BioNTech-Comirnaty vaccine 2nd 92 (90–93) (42) 83.5 (78.6–87.3) (27) 26.0 (−18.8–34.6) (27)
Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine
Qatar
AstraZeneca-Vaxzevria/SII-Covishield vaccine
Janssen-Ad26.COV 2.S vaccine
Moderna-mRNA-1273 vaccine 2nd 100 (91.8–100) (52) 96.4 (91.9–98.7) (52) 73.1 (67.5–77.8) (53) ⊙52 (45.8–57.4) (54)
Pfizer BioNTech-Comirnaty vaccine 2nd 87 (82–91) (55) 72 (66–77) (55) 51.9 (47.0–56.4) (53) ⊙55.5 (51.8–59) (54)
Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine
Brazil
AstraZeneca-Vaxzevria/SII-Covishield vaccine 2nd 88.1 (82.8–91.7) (56) 59 (33.1–74.8) (57)
Janssen-Ad26.COV 2.S vaccine
Moderna-mRNA-1273 vaccine
Pfizer BioNTech-Comirnaty vaccine
Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine 2nd 46.8 (38.7–53.8) (47) #55 (54.3–55.7) (58)
Czech Republic
AstraZeneca-Vaxzevria/SII-Covishield vaccine
Janssen-Ad26.COV 2.S vaccine 60 (57–63) (59) 47 (45–49) (59)
Moderna-mRNA-1273 vaccine 2nd 71 (65–76) (59) 48 (44–52) (59)
Pfizer BioNTech-Comirnaty vaccine 2nd 96.2 (91.6–98.7) (60) 65 (<0–96.6) (60) 49 (48–50) (59)
Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine

*VE refers to vaccine effectiveness.

#The VE of Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine is assessed against symptomatic infection in Brazil.

§The VE of vaccine is assessed against symptomatic infection ≥7 days after the 2nd dose.

The VE of vaccine is assessed against symptomatic infection among individuals who infected previously after ≥14 days after 2nd dose.