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Added on the 09/11/2020 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
New York (USA), Nov 9 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Alba Vigaray).- US stocks rocketed on Monday after American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced that its candidate Covid-19 vaccine was 90% effective.FOOTAGE OF NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine candidate is more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19. Other vaccines like chickenpox, measles, and polio all hover in the 90% and higher effective range. Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech made the announcement Monday, says Business Insider. The partnership is the first to report positive results from the final stage of clinical trials. The shot was found to prevent COVID-19 decently in the 94 study cases of the disease observed. The vaccine will most likely be given out in two doses spaced three weeks apart.
Alex Edelman / AFP via Getty Images Dr. Anthony Fauci said that it could take up to 90% of the US population to get vaccinated to reach herd immunity against the coronavirus. "We really don't know what the real number is," Fauci said in an interview with The New York Times. "I think the real range is somewhere between 70 to 90 percent. But, I'm not going to say 90 percent." This month, the US Food and Drug Administration authorized both Moderna and Pfizer and BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use which have been rolled out across the country.