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Leon Neal/Getty Images Clinical tests from the various Covid-19 vaccine candidates last year offered a first glimmer of hope of a return to normality - but only now can the real-world impact of the jabs be assessed.  As countries worldwide race to inoculate populations against the coronavirus, the rollouts are beginning to affect rates of infections and related deaths. Here is what we can learn from the latest data on the main Covid vaccines. 1 Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine appears to cut Covid infections by two-thirds according to the first “real-world data�...

Although Israel is still in lockdown, the Middle Eastern nation’s vaccines push is believed to have fuelled a drop in coronavirus infections. The BBC reports that “the fall appears to be most pronounced in older people and areas furthest ahead in their immunisation efforts”. Figures released by the Israeli Ministry of Health show that just 0.07% (531) of almost 750,000 people aged over 60 who have been fully vaccinated have tested positive for Covid after getting the jab. And only 38 of those who were infected were hospitalised. The Pfizer-BioNTech jab accounts for the majority ...