Evusheld Update

[Paul_Howard]

Last week the Department for Health and Social Care said to the BBC that it would not be purchasing Evusheld for immunosuppressed people who do not have adequate protection against COVID-19 from vaccines.

You can read more about this and what we think will happen next at lupusuk.org.uk/evusheld-for...

[Suvi8901]

What are the risks with Evushield?

Does it protect against all Covid variants?

[Paul_Howard Partner LUPUS UK in reply to Suvi8901]

Hi Suvi8901 ,

You can read about the possible side-effects of Evusheld in the patient information leaflet at den8dhaj6zs0e.cloudfront.ne...

Evusheld was shown to provide excellent protection against the Delta variant but studies have shown lower levels of protection against the various Omicron variants. This is outlined in the article. It is of some concern that it seems to be around eight-times less effective against the BA.4 and BA.5 variants than the BA.2 variant which was previously dominant in the UK.