Two doses of AstraZeneca vaccine or Pfizer vaccine can give more than 80 per cent protection from the B1.617.2 variant of coronavirus first found in India, a new study conducted by the UK government has revealed.

The study is based on the data from Public Health England (PHE), media reports quoted by IBNS said. 

It also found that the two doses provide 87 per cent protection from B.117 variant first found in Kent region of England and also considered highly transmissible, the reports stated.

The latest PHE data have shown that the infection from B1.617.2 have risen by 2,111 over the past week and now stand at 3,424 cases across the country.

AstraZeneca vaccine is manufactured in India by Serum Institute of India under the name of Covishield.