Prognosis
Pfizer or AstraZeneca Single Dose Cuts Hospitalizations by 80%
- U.K. government: ‘Exciting’ data shows vaccines are working
- More than one third of U.K. adults have had first dose so far
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A single shot of either Pfizer Inc. or AstraZeneca Plc’s coronavirus vaccines can cut hospitalizations among older people by around 80%, according to a study, in a further boost for the U.K.’s immunization program.
The report from Public Health England, published Monday, also found that one vaccine shot reduces the chance of people aged over-70 becoming ill by some 60%.