60% of people being admitted to UK hospitals had two COVID jabs – adviser

cde.news desk 19 July 2021, 19:50 · 1 min read

NHS staff outside the Royal London hospital in London, Britain, 14 June 2021. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce a delay to lockdown easing regulations 14 June. The UK government is to delay for a further four weeks to full reopening due to a significant rise in Delta variant Covid-19 cases across England. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN

LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) – Britain’s Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance said on Monday that 60% of people being admitted to hospital with COVID-19 have had two doses of vaccine.

“In terms of the number of people in hospital who’ve been double vaccinated, we know it’s around 60% of the people being admitted to hospital with COVID,” Vallance said.

(Reporting by Kate Holton and William James; writing by Andrew MacAskill; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)

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60% of people being admitted to UK hospitals had two COVID jabs – adviser

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