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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 95% of vaccinated staff got protection against Covid: Apollo study

95% of vaccinated staff got protection against Covid: Apollo study

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published Published on Jun 16, 2021   modified Modified on Jun 17, 2021

-PTI/ Business Standard

The findings of the study are under consideration for publication in a peer-reviewed medical journal

A multi-centre study on a cohort of over 31,000 vaccinated healthcare workers of a leading private facility, spanning across the country, has found that Covid vaccine provided protection against infection in "95 per cent" of the beneficiaries, hospital authorities claimed on Wednesday.

The study by Apollo Hospitals took place over four and a half months, from January 16 to May 30 and covered 31,621 healthcare workers who had received either both doses or the first dose of Covishield or Covaxin, a hospital spokesperson said.

The brutal second wave of the coronavirus pandemic was at its peak in April and May. Several doctors died during this period, and many doctors who had received double doses, were also infected in this duration.

The mega vaccination drive against Covid was launched by the government on January 16 and healthcare workers across government and private hospitals were the first ones to get the jab.

The study of healthcare workers from 43 units of Apollo, spanning 24 cities in the country was to "evaluate the incidence of post-vaccination infections (PVIs)," the Apollo Hospitals group said in a statement.

Dr. Anupam Sibal, Group Medical Director and senior pediatric gastroenterologist, Apollo Hospitals Group said, "The results showed that Covid vaccines provided protection in more than 95 per cent of the recipients and that post-vaccination infection (PVI) occurred in only 4.28% (1355 out of 31,621) of the vaccinated healthcare workers".

"The finding also showed that only 90 cases or 0.28 per cent of them required hospitalisation, with only three cases or 0.009 per cent requiring ICU admission," he claimed.

The most important finding of the study was that there were "no deaths in case of COVID infection after vaccination", he was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the hospital.

Among the cohorts, Covishield was administered to 28,918 healthcare workers (or 91.45 pc of them), while 2703 (8.55 per cent) received Covaxin. Also, 25,907 or 81.9 per cent of the healthcare workers were fully vaccinated, having received both doses of the vaccine, while 5,714 or 18.1 per cent had received only the first dose, the doctor said.

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PTI/ Business Standard, 16 June, 2021, https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/95-of-vaccinated-staff-got-protection-against-covid-apollo-study-121061601006_1.html?fbclid=IwAR1_E9DG1yFoD4adEbw43eouAwOmM1NJyUV5q8h_fqSxvxlOPeh-X5uYY7g


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