UK s vaccine programme breaking link between Covid infections and death
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The UK’s vaccination programme is beginning to break the link between Covid-19 infections and deaths, scientists studying the epidemic have said.
The latest REACT study by Imperial College London of more than 140,000 people in England shoed infections have fallen roughly two-thirds since February.
Data showed that around 0.2 per cent of England’s population had the virus between 11 and 30 March a fall of roughly 60 per cent compared with the study’s previous findings in February, when 0.5 per cent of people were infected.
That equates to around one in 500 people, down from one in 200 people in February.
UK to achieve herd immunity by Monday, modelling shows
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Britain is on track to achieve herd immunity against coronavirus on Monday, according to the latest modelling by University College London (UCL).
The UCL research, seen by The Telegraph, estimates that almost three-quarters of people in the UK will have immunity from the virus either through vaccination or previous infection by 12 April.
The Scientific Advisory Groups for Emergencies (Sage) has previously stated that 75 per cent of people in Britain need to be vaccinated for the UK to achieve herd immunity.
Separate data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) last week suggested that around 54 per cent of people in England already had antibodies to the virus in the week to 14 March.
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