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Single dose of Covid-19 vaccine can 'cut infection rate by 65 per cent'

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Single dose of Covid-19 vaccine can 'cut infection rate by 65 per cent'

Single dose of Covid-19 vaccine can 'cut infection rate by 65 per cent'

A new study from Oxford University has found just one dose of the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine can cut the Covid-19 infection rate by 65 per cent and that a single dose is just as successful in protecting older or vulnerable individuals as younger, healthy people against the virus


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