Single dose of a Covid vaccine effective at stopping 62% of coronavirus infections in care homes, study finds
The timing and scale of the protective effect was similar for both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines.
Around a quarter of coronavirus deaths in England and Wales have occurred in care homes, according to the latest data from the Office of National Statistics. A small proportion did catch the disease in the weeks after being given a single jab. But researchers said laboratory tests on samples from that group suggested they might be less infectious than those who had not yet received a vaccine.
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