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By Press Association 2021
Royal Navy personnel prepare to give vaccines to the public at a coronavirus vaccination centre set up at Bath Racecourse (Ben Birchall/PA)
People may be able to hug their loved ones in June, a Government scientific adviser has said, as a new study shows a single jab cuts virus transmission by up to half.
Dr Mike Tildesley, from the University of Warwick and a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M) group, suggested the decision on whether social distancing would be needed going into the summer months could be a political one.
However, he said vaccines were doing the job of preventing most people falling seriously ill, and he was hopeful hugs would be back on the agenda by the date the Government has set for lifting legal limits on social contact.
(Ben Birchall/PA/ Pixabay) LOCKDOWN AND CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS have changed many aspects of our lives and many people are eager to hug their family and friends once again. Scientific advisors have given an estimated time frame of when people may be able to hug their loved ones- and it might be as early as June. This is thanks to a new study which suggests a single jab can cut virus transmission by up to half. Dr Mike Tildesley, from the University of Warwick and a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M) group, suggested the decision on whether social distancing would be needed going into the summer months could be a political one.
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A single dose of a Covid-19 vaccine can slash transmission by up to half, according to a new study from Public Health England (PHE).
The breakthrough findings offer further hope that the pandemic can be brought under control as vaccinated people are far less likely to pass the virus onto others.
Single Covid-19 vaccine jab cuts transmission by up to half â Public Health England
Protection was seen from around 14 days after people received the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines
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A single dose of a Covid-19 vaccine can slash transmission by up to half, according to a new study from Public Health England (PHE).