First dose of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine in a Health Care Worker cohort is associated with reduced symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection

First dose of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine in a Health Care Worker cohort is associated with reduced symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection

Over the first 2 months of 2021 vaccination coverage of staff at Hull Teaching Hospitals withBNT162b2 increased from 8.3% to 82.5%, and was associated with a significant reduction in symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 cases. The proportion of positive lateral flow tests from asymptomatic screen...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical infectious diseases 2021-04
Hauptverfasser: Lillie, Patrick J, O'Brien, Paul, Lawtie, Michelle, Jessop, Steve, Easom, Nicholas J W, Patmore, Russell
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Over the first 2 months of 2021 vaccination coverage of staff at Hull Teaching Hospitals withBNT162b2 increased from 8.3% to 82.5%, and was associated with a significant reduction in symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 cases. The proportion of positive lateral flow tests from asymptomatic screening was maintained over this period.
ISSN:1537-6591