That’s the vital public health message, as Northern Ireland’s vaccination programme continues to roll out.
People who have received Covid-19 vaccine jabs need to keep strictly following all the measures that keep themselves and others safe from the virus. That includes staying at home and keeping their distance from people outside their households.
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Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride said:
“Vaccination protects people from Covid. It will significantly reduce levels of serious illness, hospitalisation and deaths two to three weeks after vaccination. It will, in time, also reduce pressures on our health and social care system in due course when more people are vaccinated.
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