AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is the best at keeping people out of hospital, study finds
ASTRAZENECA’S Covid jab, given to 25million Britons, is the best at keeping people out of hospital, a study shows.
Just 1.52 per cent of those given the Oxford-made vaccine have been admitted, with just one in 3,000 dying, it found.
This compared with 1.99 per cent who had the Pfizer injection, which 21million Brits have received so far.
Its death rate was 0.15 per cent compared with the 0.03 per cent for the AZ jab, which under-40s no longer get.
It was 1.32 per cent for people who have not been jabbed.
Less impressive on hospitalisations were Russia’s Sputnik jab, which saw 2.24 per cent end up on a ward or in ICU, and China’s Sinopharm with a rate of 6.94 per cent.
For the unvaccinated, the rate was 13.22 per cent.
The Bahraini researchers, who worked with New York’s Columbia University, said: “All four vaccines decreased the risk of coronavirus infections, hospitalisations, ICU admissions and deaths when compared to unvaccinated individuals.”
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Dr Simon Clarke, a professor of cellular microbiology at the University of Reading, said: “This study shows people in the UK can be confident they’re getting the best vaccines available. AstraZeneca and Pfizer provide good protection.”
Meanwhile, another 38,046 Covid cases were confirmed in the UK yesterday. It is two per cent up on last Friday.
The rise was driven by a near-doubling of infections in Scotland, where schools have reopened. There were 100 deaths — down 12 per cent in a week.
Some 200,000 were jabbed on Thursday, meaning 78 per cent of Brits are double-jabbed.
Ten per cent have had one.
