The Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT-1) study showed that people who have got both jabs are less likely to get infected from the Coronavirus.
The study has also shown that the infections in England have increased by four times, from 0.15 percent to 0.63 percent since the last REACT-1 study conducted from May 20 to June 7. It has also shown an increase in infection numbers since July 12, 2021.
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UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid said, “Our vaccination rollout is building a wall of defence that means we can carefully ease restrictions and get back to the things we love, but we need to be cautious as we learn to live with this virus.
This report shows the importance of taking personal responsibility by self-isolating if you are contact traced, getting tested if you have symptoms and wearing face coverings where appropriate. I urge anyone who has yet to receive a vaccine to get jabbed and take up both doses the vaccines are safe and they are working.”
The vaccines are highly effective against the UK's variants, showing the Public Health England (PHE). The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is 92 percent effective and Pfizer/ BioNTech vaccine is 96 percent effective against the hospitalization, after both doses.
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UK Vaccine Minister Nadhim Zahawi said, “The results show the positive impact of the vaccination program with those who are double jabbed three times less likely than unvaccinated people to get the virus and less likely to pass on this awful disease to those around them.”
The latest PHE assessment has shown that vaccines reflect early signs of increased risk of reinfection with Delta compared to Alpha. The investigation is still undergoing and the data would be uploaded on Friday.
Director of the REACT program from Imperial’s School of Public Health Professor Paul Elliott, said, “These findings confirm our previous data showing that both doses of a vaccine offer good protection against getting infected. However we can also see that there is still a risk of infection, as no vaccine is 100% effective, and we know that some double-vaccinated people can still become ill from the virus.
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So even with the easing of restrictions, we should still act with caution to help protect one another and curb the rate of infections.”