Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac in children and adolescents against SARS-CoV-2 infection during Omicron BA.2 wave in Hong Kong

Daniel Leung; Jaime S. Rosa Duque; Ka Man Yip; Hung Kwan So; Wilfred H. S. Wong; Yu Lung Lau

doi:10.1038/s43856-022-00233-1

Communications Medicine (Jan 2023)

Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac in children and adolescents against SARS-CoV-2 infection during Omicron BA.2 wave in Hong Kong

Daniel Leung,
Jaime S. Rosa Duque,
Ka Man Yip,
Hung Kwan So,
Wilfred H. S. Wong,
Yu Lung Lau

Affiliations

Daniel Leung: Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Jaime S. Rosa Duque: Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Ka Man Yip: Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Hung Kwan So: Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Wilfred H. S. Wong: Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Yu Lung Lau: Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00233-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Leung, Rosa Duque et al. estimate the effectiveness of the BNT162b2 and CoronaVac SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in children and adolescents during the BA.2 wave in Hong Kong in early 2022. Their ecological approach finds that vaccine effectiveness against infection is moderate after two vaccine doses.

Published in Communications Medicine

ISSN: 2730-664X (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsmed/

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