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After COVID vaccination, only 0.06% chance of hospitalisation, says study
Over 97% of those vaccinated attain full protection from infection, suggests research conducted by Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
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Experts note that COVID vaccines take about two weeks to help the body develop immunity against the viral disease.
Citing a study conducted by it, the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in New Delhi has said that about 97.4% of those who are vaccinated are protected from a COVID infection. The chance of hospitalisation post immunisation is just 0.06%, it said.
The study sought to evaluate the frequency of ‘breakthrough’ COVID infections — those that occur despite vaccination. It was conducted on healthcare workers with symptomatic COVID during the first 100 days of the vaccination drive, said a report by news agency ANI. The study was done exclusively on those who took the Covishield vaccine.