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First Covid jab cuts infection risk by 62% in England care home residents – The Guardian
People infected after having vaccine may also be less likely to transmit virus, initial findings show
Vaccines and immunisationPeople infected after having vaccine may also be less likely to transmit virus, initial findings show
Mon 29 Mar 2021 00.01 BST
A government-funded study of care home residents in England has found that their risk of infection with Covid-19 either symptomatic or asymptomatic fell by 62% five weeks after they received their first Oxford/AstraZeneca or Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine dose.
Those who were infected after having the vaccine may also be less likely to transmit Covid-19,…
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