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J&J says its unmarried dose protects towards leap forward Covid-19 for as much as 6 months

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.