Coronavirus
Moderna Announces That Its Vaccine Works Against the Delta Variant
Studies have found that Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is effective against several variants of concern, including the delta variant, the biotech company announced.
Moderna said Tuesday that recently completed studies have found the vaccine to have a neutralizing effect against all COVID-19 variants tested, including the beta, delta, eta and kappa variants.
While still highly effective against the delta variant, the study showed the vaccine was less effective against it and certain other variants than against the original strain of the virus.
The antibody response against the delta variant was about two times weaker than against the ancestral strain of the virus.
