Category: Astrazeneca
Gibraltar: 68% vaccine breakthrough rate
In Gibraltar, despite a 133% vaccination rate, 326 infections per 100K people were reported in the last 7 days. More...
Scotland: 88% of Covid deaths and 66% of new Covid cases are fully vaccinated
The Covid-19 situation for the fully vaccinated in Scotland continues to deteriorate. More...
Will the UK’s mass Covid infection experiment pay off?
On the 19th July 2021, Britain’s mass Covid infection experiment began. More...
Wales: The vaccine breakthrough rate for people over 60 is 96%
The vaccine breakthrough rate for the over 60’s is 96% for the two-week period up to 17th October 2021 in Wales. More...
UK ZOE Covid app shows 1,096,370 are currently symptomatic – a record high for the pandemic
1,096,370 people are currently symptomatic for Covid-19 in the UK. More...
UK ONS: Natural infection by Covid provides a similar level of protection to two vaccine doses
UK Office of National Statistics: “Two vaccination doses provided a similar level of protection to previous natural infection during the Delta-dominant period”
Modelled risk ratios of testing positive for COVID-19 by COVID-19 vaccine exposure, when the Delta variant was dominant, UK, 17 May to 14 August 2021
- there was no evidence that the reduction in risk of infection from two doses of either vaccine differed from that of previous natural infection
- two doses (14 days or more previously) of Pfizer-BioNTech reduced the risk of testing positive by 73% (95% confidence interval: 70% to 76%) in the Delta period, compared with 80% (95% confidence interval: 74% to 85%) in the Alpha period
- two doses (14 days or more previously) of Oxford-AstraZeneca reduced the risk of testing positive by 62% (95% confidence interval: 58% to 66%) in the Delta period, compared with 76% (95% confidence interval: 62% to 85%) in the Alpha period
- the reduction in risk 14 days or more after second dose was significantly higher with Pfizer-BioNTech compared with Oxford-AstraZeneca
- the risk reduction from two doses of either vaccine was greater than from one dose (21 days or more previously)
UK ONS report: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey Technical Article: Impact of vaccination on testing positive in the UK: October 2021
UK ONS: one in sixty people infected with Covid, worst infection rate since January 2021
The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England increased to around 1 in 60 people in the week ending Oct 9 2021, Britain’s Office for National Statistics said on Friday, reaching its highest level since January 2021. More...
Scotland: 78% of Covid deaths, 64% of hospitalizations and 50% of new cases are fully vaccinated
The Covid-19 situation in Scotland seems to have deteriorated alarmingly since we last checked. More...
UK: Covid-19 up by 22% in one week, vaccine breakthroughs at 25% of new cases
According to ZOE COVID Study incidence figures, in total there are currently 58,126 new daily symptomatic cases of COVID in the UK on average, based on PCR and LFT test data from up to five days ago. More...
What is in your vaccine? German researchers analyze Pfizer & AstraZeneca vaccines to find out *1 UPDATE*
German researchers, doctors and pathologists, including Professor Arne Burkhardt, hold a press conference to discuss what they have found in the various Covid vaccines. More...