Taking the first dose of the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine reduces the chances of anyone in the household being infected with the coronavirus by 50 percent. The issue came up in a British study on Thursday.
Public Health England (PHE) is conducting a study on the likelihood of Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines being infected, NDTV reports.It found that if a person became infected within three weeks of taking the first dose of the vaccine, the rate of infection among other people in the household was reduced by 36 to 49 percent. The study found that other people in the household did not get vaccinated.
"We already know that vaccines save lives," said Matt Hancock, Britain's health minister. And the study, based on extensive data, shows that vaccinators reduce the risk of contracting the deadly virus."The strongest part of the vaccine against this epidemic is that it will protect you and prevent the possibility of infecting someone in your home," he said.
The study was conducted on 56,000 people who received the vaccine from 24,000 families. They came in contact with about 1 million people who were not vaccinated. An earlier study found that four weeks after vaccination, the risk of developing symptoms in a person decreased by 75 percent.Marie Ramsey, head of PHE's immunization program, said: "The vaccine not only reduces the incidence of illness and hundreds of deaths every day, but also has the effect of reducing the Covid-19 infection among others.
Another study by the Public Health Agency found that a successful immunization program had saved 10,400 people in the UK from corona as of last March.
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