A medical staff is preparing a vaccine for Corona 19 developed by AstraZeneca at the National Health Service (NHS) Vaccine Center in London on the 22nd. EPA=Yonhap News
In the UK, which was the first in the world to be vaccinated against the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), a study found that 1 in 7 people had antibodies to Corona 19.
According to’React-2′, which investigates the spread of Corona 19, led by Imperial College London, UK, on the 25th (local time), blood test results from the 26th to the 8th of last month on 155,000 people in England It was found that the holding rate was 13.9%. Among them, 18,000 people who received the Corona 19 vaccine had an antibody retention rate of 37.9%. Most of them received the Pfizer vaccine.
In particular, among those who received the second vaccination, the antibody retention rate reached 91%. By age group, for those under the age of 60, the antibody retention rate was 95.5% when the second vaccination was completed. 88% were over 80 years old.
It was estimated that those under the age of 30 had an antibody retention rate of 94.7% even if they received the vaccine once. For those over 80 years old, the antibody retention rate was found to be 34.7% if they received the vaccine only once.
The UK started vaccination in early December of last year. According to the BBC, more than 18.2 million people had been vaccinated at least once in the UK as of the 23rd. It exceeds 27% of the total UK population (66.65 million people as of 2019). The number of those who completed the second vaccination also reached 670,000.
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