Care home residents gain 62% protection from one Covid-19 vaccine dose

A single dose of either the Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccines gives residents of care homes substantial protection against Covid-19 after four weeks, according to a preprint study led by Dr Maddie Shrotri and Dr Laura Shallcross (both UCL Institute of Health Informatics).

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