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Covid-19: Chris Hipkins on Omicron vaccine doses

07:18 am on 9 December 2021

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Early lab studies show two doses of the Pfizer vaccine may not provide sufficient protection against the Omicron variant but a third dose does work to neutralize it.

Three doses provide a similar level of antibodies against Omicron to that of two doses against other variants.

Covid -19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins spoke to Susie Ferguson.