What has Pfizer’s Covid vaccine trial found and is this a breakthrough?

Early results from phase 3 trial look promising but there are still many questions to be answered

Pfizer and the German biotech company Biontech said on Monday that they had had encouraging early results from a phase 3 clinical trial of their coronavirus vaccine. The trial is assessing how well the vaccine works in preventing humans from becoming infected. Although details are scant, the news is positive.

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