Two-dose Oxford's AstraZeneca vaccine can cut coronavirus transmissions by around 67 percent.
The vaccine can have a substantial impact on transmission by reducing the number of infected individuals in the population, experts said.
The study found that a single standard dose of the vaccine is 76 percent effective
London: Even just the first of the two-doses of Oxford's AstraZeneca vaccine can cut coronavirus transmissions by around 67 per cent and therefore have a "substantial effect" on controlling the spread of the deadly virus, according to a new Oxford University study on Wednesday.
The UK government described this as good news for the world because the impact of COVID-19 vaccines on transmission has been a crucial unknown in the fight against the pandemic.