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COVID-19 Vaccine less efficient in Immunocompromised patients

This review, led by Dr Raghav Sundar and Dr Soon Yu Yang, show that covid-19 vaccines provide significantly lower protection in immunocompromised patients. It highlights the importance of a second dose of covid-19 vaccine and recommends administration of a third covid-19 vaccines dose to confer improved protection for immunocompromised patients.

 

Read more: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2021-068632

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