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Estas son las similitudes y diferencias de las dos vacunas contra covid-19 que llegarían a Costa Rica

Su objetivo es el mismo, pero el mecanismo por el que buscan lograrlo es muy diferente; sin embargo, ambas prometen alta eficacia para prevenir el contagio

(FILES) This file photo illustration picture shows vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached, with the logo of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer, on November 17, 2020. - Pfizer and BioNTech said on November 18, 2020 a completed analysis of their experimental Covid-19 vaccine found it protected 95 percent of people against the disease and announced they were applying for US emergency approval "within days." The US pharmaceutical company and its German partner brought further hope to a world upended by the coronavirus pandemic with the announcement, which follows one last week when they said a preliminary analysis showed the product was 90 percent effective. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
(FILES) This file photo illustration picture shows vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached, with the logo of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer, on November 17, 2020. - Pfizer and BioNTech said on November 18, 2020 a completed analysis of their experimental Covid-19 vaccine found it protected 95 percent of people against the disease and announced they were applying for US emergency approval "within days." The US pharmaceutical company and its German partner brought further hope to a world upended by the coronavirus pandemic with the announcement, which follows one last week when they said a preliminary analysis showed the product was 90 percent effective. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) JUSTIN TALLIS
La vacuna de la farmacéutica Pfizer y la biontecnológica BioNTech representa un desafío para el país. Su temperatura de almacenamiento requiere estar diez veces más frías que las vacunas que se utilizan actualmente. Foto: Justin Tallis /AFP (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP)

Las dos persiguen la misma meta: evitar que quien las reciba se infecte con el virus SARS-CoV-2, causante de la covid-19.

Ambas están dirigidas a la población general y, además, se probaron en personas saludables y con factores de riesgo.

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