Hopes rise for end of pandemic as Pfizer says vaccine is 90% effective
by Sarah Boseley, and Philip Oltermann in Berlin from Science | The Guardian on (#5A4T5)
Global stocks surge and experts optimistic as Covid vaccine exceeds expectations
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Hopes are soaring that a Covid vaccine is within reach, following news that an interim analysis has shown Pfizer/BioNTech's candidate was 90% effective in protecting people from transmission of the virus in global trials.
The vaccine performed much better than most experts had hoped for, according to the companies' analysis, and brings into view a potential end to a pandemic that has killed more than a million people, battered economies and upended daily life worldwide.
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