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Is Lancet paper on Covaxin efficacy missing something?

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Updated on: 13 November,2021 08:37 AM IST  |  Mumbai
Vinod Kumar Menon | vinodm@mid-day.com

Even as paper stated efficacy of Covaxin is 77.8 per cent against symptomatic COVID and 65.2 per cent against Delta variant, health expert says trial did not take into account T-cells, important while determining efficacy of vaccine

Is Lancet paper on Covaxin efficacy missing something?

A health worker administers a dose of Covaxin at Sir JJ Hospital. The vaccine recently got WHO approval for emergency use. File pic

The much-awaited data of the phase III trial of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin has finally been released in international medical journal The Lancet, making it the first indigenous vaccine to have published the efficacy in public domain. But, is something missing from the report? Yes, says a Mumbai-based health expert.

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