04 March 2022 1 Min Read

PODCAST: When will Covid end? Prof Abdool Karim explains

in News & Fox by Mia Malan
Salim Abdool Karim. Picture: TREVOR SAMSON
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People who are fully vaccinated with two doses of the Pfizer vaccine are up to two-thirds less likely to pass the virus on to others if they become infected, new research shows. Is the end of the pandemic in sight? 

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