Fact check: Does the omicron variant reduce vaccine efficacy? | DW News

Omicron numbers are continuing to rise across the globe and so are the claims that it is harmless. But is it actually less deadly? And how effective are COVID vaccines against this variant?

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https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/healthcare?areaType=overview&areaName=United%20Kingdom
https://web.archive.org/web/20190729223342/http://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P0302/P03022019.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_South_Africa#Age_structure
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.20.21267966v3.full.pdf
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations?country=OWID_WRL
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02844-0/fulltext
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-12-13-vaccines-shown-induce-lower-levels-neutralising-antibodies-against-omicron
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)01496-3
https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-and-biontech-provide-update-omicron-variant
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1043608/Vaccine_surveillance_report_-_week_51.pdf
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/01/no-omicron-immunity-without-booster-study-finds/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-24/south-africa-to-stop-quarantines-as-80-have-past-infection
https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/1_Demographic%20Profiles/South%20Africa.pdf (page 4)
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)01496-3#fig3
https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/255289/umfrage/durchschnittsalter-der-bevoelkerung-in-suedafrika/#professional

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