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Moderna CEO says vaccines likely less effective against Omicron: Report

'There is no world, I think, where (the effectiveness) is the same level we had with Delta,' Stephane Bancel told the Financial Times.

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Reuters Sydney

2 min read Last Updated : Nov 30 2021 | 12:23 PM IST

The head of drugmaker Moderna said COVID-19 vaccines are unlikely to be as effective against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus as they have been against the Delta variant.

"There is no world, I think, where (the effectiveness) is the same level we had with Delta," Moderna Chief Executive Stephane Bancel told the Financial Times in an interview.

"I think it's going to be a material drop. I just don't know how much because we need to wait for the data. But all the scientists I've talked to . . . are like 'this is not going to be good.'"

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