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Coronavirus latest news: Covid vaccines have prevented 60,000 deaths in England, PHE says

By Poppie Platt and Gareth Davies, breaking news editor
29 JULY 2021 • 7:02PM
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-self-isolation-quarantine-covid-vaccine-uk/

The Covid-19 vaccination programme in England has prevented an estimated 22 million infections and 60,000 deaths, according to new figures from Public Health England.

Vaccines are also estimated to have prevented more than 52,600 hospital admissions.

The deputy chief medical officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said that it marked the “truly massive” success of the vaccination programme and urged more young people to come forward for their jabs.

The figures apply to the period up to 23 July and are based on modelling by PHE and Cambridge University.

Previous estimates, for the period up to 9 July, had suggested around 37,000 deaths and 11 million infections had been prevented by the success of the vaccine rollout.

The data comes as the UK today surpassed 84.5 million administered vaccine doses, while the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab reached its own milestone of one billion doses distributed across the world.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-self-isolation-quarantine-covid-vaccine-uk/