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After COVID vaccination, only 0.06% chance of hospitalisation, says study
Over 97% of those vaccinated attain full protection from infection, suggests research conducted by Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
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Experts note that COVID vaccines take about two weeks to help the body develop immunity against the viral disease.
Citing a study conducted by it, the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in New Delhi has said that about 97.4% of those who are vaccinated are protected from a COVID infection. The chance of hospitalisation post immunisation is just 0.06%, it said.
The study sought to evaluate the frequency of ‘breakthrough’ COVID infections those that occur despite vaccination. It was conducted on healthcare workers with symptomatic COVID during the first 100 days of the vaccination drive, said a report by news agency ANI. The study was done exclusively on those who took the Covishield vaccine.
COVID-19: Chances of hospitalisation after vaccination at 0.06%, says study
The study was carried out on healthcare workers who reported to Indraprastha Apollo Hospital with symptomatic COVID-19 during the first 100 days of vaccination through Covishield vaccine.
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The study s findings are currently under consideration for publication in a peer-reviewed medical journal.
An observational study conducted by Delhi s Indraprastha Apollo Hospital has found that over 97 per cent of fully vaccinated people were protected from COVID-19 infection and the chances of hospitalisation after vaccination were only 0.06 per cent.
The observational study was carried out on healthcare workers who reported to Indraprastha Apollo Hospital with symptomatic COVID-19 during the first 100 days of vaccination through Covishield vaccine. The objective of the study was to evaluate the frequency of breakthrough infections .
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Chances of hospitalisation after COVID vaccination are 0.06 pc, says Indraprastha Apollo Hospital study ANI | Updated: May 15, 2021 18:02 IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi said on Saturday on the basis of an observational study that 97.38 per cent of those vaccinated were protected from the COVID-19 infection and the chances of hospitalisation after the vaccination are 0.06 per cent.
The hospital has released the results of an observational study of healthcare workers to evaluate the frequency of Break Through Infection (infections after the vaccination) of COVID-19. The observational study was carried out on healthcare workers who reported to Delhi s Indraprastha Apollo Hospital with symptomatic COVID-19, during the first 100 days of the vaccination drive using the Covishield vaccine. The findings of the study are under consideration for publication in a peer-reviewed medical journal.