Johnson & Johnson stated on Thursday {that a} real-world learn about confirmed its unmarried shot COVID-19 vaccine protects towards leap forward infections and hospitalizations for as much as six months.
The learn about, subsidized via the vaccine developer, was once carried out between Jan. 1 and Sept. 7 closing yr, earlier than the Omicron variant was once came upon.
It’s also but to be peer-reviewed.
J&J stated coverage towards an infection from its unmarried dose vaccine begins to wane best from the fourth month in comparison to the second one month with regards to two-dose vaccines from competitors Pfizer Inc and BioNTech’s in addition to Moderna.
No waning of coverage was once discovered for ICU admissions for all of the 3 vaccines, J&J stated.
The corporate stated the learn about was once performed via accumulating claims and laboratory knowledge masking 168 million other folks.
