Coronavirus digest: 2 Pfizer doses ‘effective’ against delta
By AFP
24 July 2021 |
6:48 am
Researchers say two shots of either BioNTech-Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines are highly effective against variants. Elsewhere, China has declined to follow an investigation into the virus's origins. Follow DW for more.
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