Men more likely than women to test positive for coronavirus, study suggests
Men more likely than women to test positive for coronavirus, study suggests (Zac Goodwin/PA)
Men gathering to watch football may be a potential reason why women were nearly a third less likely than them to test positive for coronavirus, experts have suggested.
Interim findings covering June 24 to July 5 from Imperial College London and Ipsos Mori show infections have quadrupled since the last React-1 study, which took place from May 20 to June.
One in 170 people is infected and there is a recent doubling time of six days, the data suggests.
Covid-19 infection rates three times lower for double vaccinated
Major study finds that infection levels have quadrupled in recent weeks
The REACT study shows the impact of vaccinations (Image: Getty Images)
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By Philippa Roxby
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England s Euro 2020 progress could be behind infections rising faster among men than women in the past two weeks, Imperial College London data suggests.
The React study, which tested more than 47,000 volunteers across England between 24 June and 5 July, confirms a substantial third wave of infections .
And the men were 30% more likely than the women to test positive for Covid.
The infections had not translated into a large number of people in hospital or dying, however, the study found.
And vaccinated men and women were much less likely than others to catch the virus.
Covid infection rates three times lower for people with two vaccine doses, research shows
The latest research from England confirms being double-vaccinated dramatically reduces infection
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