English health authority says vaccines 80% effective at preventing hospitalisations in over-80s
REUTERS 12:27 PM ET 3/1/2021
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LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - The Pfizer and AstraZeneca(AZN) vaccines are more than 80% effective at preventing hospitalisations in over-80s from COVID-19 after one dose of either shot, Public Health England (PHE) said on Monday, citing a pre-print study.
PHE said the real world study, with data generated from Britain's vaccine rollout, also found that protection against symptomatic COVID in those over 70, 4 weeks after the first dose, ranged between 57-61% for one dose of Pfizer-BioNTech's shot and between 60-73% for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. (Reporting by Alistair Smout; editing by Michael Holden)
