Fully vaccinated people in England were one-third as likely to check positive for COVID-19, consistent with an ongoing survey of the population released on Wednesday.
The latest findings, from a long-running study by scientists at Imperial College London and marketing research company Ipsos MORI, were supported 98,233 swabs taken between Midsummer Day and July 12.
They showed one in 160 people infected with coronavirus, with a prevalence rate of 1.21 percent for unvaccinated respondents and 0.40 percent for those fully jabbed.
The study also found double-vaccinated people could also be less likely to expire the virus to others than those that haven’t received a vaccine.
However, officials and scientists in Britain have urged caution after the govt eased all virus curbs in England on July 19, including the legal requirement to wear masks in certain indoor settings.
A United States government document leaked last week warned that infections among fully vaccinated people aren’t as rare as previously thought which such cases are highly contagious.
Paul Elliott, a professor at Imperial’s School of Public Health and director of the survey program, said the findings “confirm our previous data showing that both doses of a vaccine offer good protection against getting infected”.
“However, we will also see that there’s still a risk of infection, as no vaccine is one hundred pc effective, and that we know that some double vaccinated people can still become ill from the virus.
So even with the easing of restrictions, we should always still act with caution to assist protect each other and curb the speed of infections.”
COVID-19 cases registered daily by Britain’s health ministry have declined since the relief of rules, while population surveys have suggested they’ll still be rising, albeit at a slower rate the trend has surprised experts and officials, who predicted a surge in new infections.
The Imperial-Ipsos preprint study – covering the amount up to July 12 – showed even then cases were climbing more gradually than during the previous month.
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