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Delta variant in India and Singapore and Vaccine efficacy

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  Singapore: 428 local cases are Delta variant (data at the end of May 2021) How Well Vaccines Prevent Covid Disease After a Second Dose Data: Shapiro, Dean, Longini et al. “Efficacy Estimates for Various COVID-19 Vaccines” (Pre-print paper)

Singapore: mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are recommended by expert committee

https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlights/details/ec19v-continues-to-endorse-the-effectiveness-of-the-mrna-covid-19-vaccines Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are safe and highly effective (~90%, especially in protecting against severe COVID-19 disease and hospitalisation), and continue to show protection against the Variants of Concerns (VOCs).