MANILA, Philippines — The study that showed that the COVID-19 vaccine from British drugmaker AstraZeneca appeared to offer limited protection against mild disease caused by the South African variant had “limited samples” to work with, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
“WHO has looked very carefully at these reports. WHO headquarters has already issued a statement. The study that was used in South Africa was a very limited scale study and what it showed was that there was evidence of mild and moderate disease following AstraZeneca vaccines,” WHO representative to the Philippines Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe said in an online press briefing.
“The sample was a ve…
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