Pfizer now claims its coronavirus jab is 95% effective.. days after Moderna’s breakthrough 

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The Covid vaccine wars: Pfizer now says its jab is 95% effective AND safe… days after Moderna’s breakthrough

By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline

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Pfizer and BioNTech now claim their coronavirus vaccine is 95 per cent effective, upgrading an earlier estimate of 90 per cent.

Their announcement comes after another company, Moderna, said on Monday that its own jab was 94.5 per cent.

Pfizer and BioNTech today upgraded the estimate of how effective their vaccine is, taking it from 90 per cent in interim clinical trial results to 95 per cent today (stock image)