2021-04-29 02:31:20 GMT2021-04-29 10:31:20(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Photo taken on March 4, 2021 shows an NHS COVID-19 vaccination center in London, Britain. (Xinhua/Han Yan)
Those who were infected at least three weeks later were between 38 percent and 49 percent less likely to pass the virus on to people living in the same household, compared with those who had not been vaccinated, according to the study.
LONDON, April 28 (Xinhua) A single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine can cut transmission of coronavirus by up to half, a Public Health England (PHE) study showed Wednesday.
Those who were infected at least three weeks later were between 38 percent and 49 percent less likely to pass the virus on to people living in the same household, compared with those who had not been vaccinated, according to the study.
Single dose of Covid vax can cut transmission by up to half
IANS | April 29, 2021 08:21 AM
LONDON: A single dose of a Covid-19 vaccine can cut transmission of coronavirus by up to half, a Public Health England (PHE) study showed on Wednesday.Those who were infected at least three weeks later were between 38 per cent and 49 per cent less likely to pass the virus on to people living in the same household, compared with those who had not been vaccinated, according to the study, Xinhua reported.
People included in the research were those who have had a single dose of either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines, the first two authorized for use in Britain.
A single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine can cut transmission of coronavirus by up to half, a Public Health England (PHE) study showed Wednesday.
Those who were infected at least three weeks later were between 38 percent and 49 percent less likely to pass the virus on to people living in the same household, compared with those who had not been vaccinated, according to the study.
People included in the research were those who have had a single dose of either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines, the first two authorized for use in Britain.
Peter English, a retired consultant in communicable disease control, told Sky News that the findings are extremely encouraging.
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A single dose of a Covid-19 vaccine can slash transmission by up to half, according to a new study from Public Health England (PHE).
The breakthrough findings offer further hope that the pandemic can be brought under control as vaccinated people are far less likely to pass the virus onto others.