Covid-19 news: Omicron partly evades vaccine protection

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As of 12pm on 8 December, the latest coronaviruses news.

A small study shows that the omicron variant is not affected by vaccine antibodies.

Some of the first tests of the omicron variant against blood samples show that the virus has the ability to evade the immune response, but that some protection remains, especially in people who have had booster vaccines.

The study of 12 people in South Africa found that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines and prior infections were less potent at blocking omicron than the original coronaviruses. This does not mean that the vaccine is effective, as the immune system comprises multiple other elements, such as T-cells.