Bharat Biotech's Covaxin demonstrates protection against the new Covid-19 variants, says new study. A modest reduction in neutralisation was observed against B1617 variant compared to vaccine variant.

A modest reduction in neutralisation by a factor of 1.95 was observed against B1617 variant compared to vaccine variant.
Despite this reduction, neutralising titre levels with B 1617 remain above levels expected to be protective.
No difference in neutralisation between B 117 first identified in the UK and vaccine strain was observed.
The study was conducted in collaboration with National Institute of Virology and Indian Council of Medical Research.
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