Vaccinated

Health workers 90% less likely to catch coronavirus after they are fully vaccinated, CDC data show 

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Two doses of either Moderna‘s or Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine are highly effective at preventing infection, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study published on Monday finds. Researchers looked at vaccination rates among nearly 4,000 healthcare employees, first responders, and other essential and frontline workers from mid-December 2020 to mid-March 2021. Results showed … Read more

Ministers looking at Israel ‘Green Pass’ to allow vaccinated to enter restaurants and bars

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Will Israel’s jab passport scheme get Britain moving again? Ministers are looking at ‘Green Pass’ which allows the vaccinated to enter restaurants, bars, concert venues and gyms Ministers in both countries preparing for talks on Green Pass scheme In Israel, Green Pass shows date the holder had a jab or recovered from Covid It is … Read more

Covid UK: One in 25 people hospitalised since December WERE vaccinated, says SAGE

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One in 25 Britons hospitalised with Covid since December were vaccinated, No10’s scientific advisers have found.  Analysis by SAGE shows 1,800 out of 43,000 patients admitted with the virus since December 8 had received at least one dose of either Pfizer or AstraZeneca‘s jab.   The vast majority caught the coronavirus shortly before their appointment or … Read more

One in 25 people hospitalised with Covid since December WERE vaccinated

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One in 25 Britons hospitalised with Covid since December were vaccinated, No10’s scientific advisers have found.  Analysis by SAGE shows 1,800 out of 43,000 patients admitted with the virus since December 8 had received at least one dose of either Pfizer or AstraZeneca‘s jab.   The vast majority caught the coronavirus shortly before their appointment or … Read more

NHS Covid figures show parts of England have only vaccinated a THIRD of people aged 50-55

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England’s Covid vaccine postcode lottery was laid bare again today as data revealed just a third of people aged between 50 and 54 have been inoculated in parts of the country. And three boroughs — all of which are in London — have still yet to even reach 60 per cent of everyone over the … Read more

Rutgers will only allow fully vaccinated students back on campus for Fall 2021 semester

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Rutgers University announced on Thursday that all students returning to campus in the Fall 2021 will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The mandate applies to all three of the school’s campus locations: New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden.  The university is believed to be the first in the United States to mandate the vaccine for … Read more

70% of US seniors and 1.3 million US educators have been vaccinated

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More than 70 percent of American seniors have had at least their first dose of Covid vaccine and nearly 14 percent of the population is fully vaccinated, White House officials said Wednesday.  An average of 2.5 million more shots are being given each day, including 1.7 million given Tuesday.   And Americans are finally getting more … Read more

Fewer than 1% of healthcare workers fully vaccinated against COVID-19 test positive for the virus

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Coronavirus cases among healthcare workers declined dramatically after staff got their first vaccine dose, two new studies have found. In one study of employees at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2.6 percent of all workers who were unvaccinated tested positive for COVID-19 compared to 1.82 percent of those given their first shot, a … Read more

Children ‘will be vaccinated from August with up to 11m under 18s inoculated by start of term’

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Children could receive covid vaccines from August as the government pushes for maximum immunity, sources have revealed. The plan leaked to The Telegraph means that up to 11 million under 18s could have jabs by the start of the autumn term, months ahead of when inoculations had been expected for children. The government awaits data … Read more

At least three fully vaccinated Hawaiians caught COVID-19

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At least three people in Hawaii have been infected with COVID-19, despite being fully vaccinated against the disease.  It’s unclear which vaccines the three people received, although the vast majority of the supply sent to Hawaii and the US broadly speaking has been from either Pfizer or Moderna.   They are the latest examples of ‘breakthrough infections,’ … Read more