Scientists from the University of Edinburgh, the University of Strathclyde and Public Health Scotland, have announced that the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines were shown to reduce the risk of hospital admission from Covid by up to 85% and 94% respectively
After examining Covid-19 hospital admission data in Scotland among over the 80s, they found that there was a “substantial effect” on hospital admissions and the risk of serious illness tamong people who have had their first jab and compared them with those who had not yet received a dose of the vaccine.
They found that by the fourth week after receiving the initial dose, the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines were shown to reduce the risk of hospital admission from Covid-19 by up to 85 per cent and 94 per cent, respectively.
Professor Aziz Sheikh, director of the University of Edinburgh’s Usher Institute, said: “These results are very encouraging and have given us great reasons to be optimistic for the future.
“We now have national evidence – across an entire country – that vaccination provides protection against Covid-19 hospitalisations.”
The results in England are expected to be announced later today.
