Category: Vaccine Waning

UK: Vaccine breakthrough rate for Delta infections still increasing

The latest UK PHE Technical Briefing has just been published, and it shows that the vaccine breakthrough rate for Delta infections in the UK continues to increase by about 6% per month.  More...

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Turkey: 4th vaccination offered to health workers

Turkey’s Health Ministry has announced that health workers and priority groups are now eligible to receive a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as part of the country’s efforts to combat the resurgence of the disease.  More...

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USA: 55% increase in Delta vaccine breakthrough cases in Washington State

This week’s update from Washington State showing vaccine breakthrough cases and which Sars-CoV-2 variant is causing them up to 11th August 2021.  More...

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USA: 18.5% vaccine breakthrough in New Jersey

In a sampling of data from July 20 to July 26, fully vaccinated individuals accounted for 18.5 percent of new cases (803 of 4,332 new COVID-19 positive test results), but just three percent of all new hospitalizations (11 of 378) and no deaths (0 of 21).  More...

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