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BBC: Covid vaccines cut risk of serious illness by 80 percent in over-80s

By BBC.

Published March 2, 2021. Updated March 2 at 4:05 am

General view of vials of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, at the office of a general practitioner in Gragnague near Toulouse, southern France, on Feb. 26, 2021.

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A single shot of either the Oxford-AstraZeneca or the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid jab reduces the chance of needing hospital treatment by more than 80%, an analysis in England shows. The Public Health England data showed the effect kicked in three to four weeks after vaccination.