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COVID-19 vaccine linked to a reduction in transmission
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Vaccination of Scotland’s healthcare workers offers some protection against transmission of COVID-19 to their household contacts. Share
The rate of infection with COVID-19 vaccine for people that live with healthcare workers is at least 30% lower when the worker has been vaccinated mostly with a single dose, according to preliminary new
Not yet peer reviewed, the study involved all healthcare workers employed by the NHS in Scotland and their households, more than 300,000 people. Since household members of healthcare workers can also be infected via other people (not just via the healthcare worker they live with), this 30% relative risk r
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Covid jab slashes risk of spreading bug at home by 54%, new data shows
Updated: 12 Mar 2021, 16:41
GETTING the Covid jab does protect your family from catching the virus, the first real world data shows.
Public Health Scotland assessed 300,000 NHS staff between December and early March.
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People living with vaccinated healthcare workers saw the risk of catching Covid fall by 54 per centCredit: Alamy
People living with healthcare workers who had received their first jab were 30 per cent less likely to catch Covid.
Experts say this is likely an underestimate of the effect of immunisation on transmission as household members could still catch the virus from other sources.