First proof Covid jabs slash severe cases by up to 94% AND helps stop spread
22 Feb 2021, 15:30
Updated: 22 Feb 2021, 19:49
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COVID vaccines are slashing severe cases of the disease by up to 94 per cent - and helping to stop the spread, new findings suggest.
Experts have today declared the results - the first evidence to come out of the UK s jab programme - as very encouraging .
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be assessing the effectiveness of vaccines to map the route out of lockdown. He is pictured holding a vial of an Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, February 17Credit: AFP or licensors
In the first set of vaccine data published today, researchers in Scotland found the Oxford jab appeared to reduce a person s risk of hospital admission by up to 94 per cent - four weeks after the initial dose.
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LONDON (AP) Two U.K. studies released Monday showed that COVID-19 vaccination programs are contributing to a sharp drop in hospitalizations, boosting hopes that the shots will work as well in the real world as they have in carefully controlled studies. Preliminary results from a study in Scotland found that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine reduced hospital admissions by up to 85% four weeks after the first dose, while the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot.
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