Vaccinated people could still spread virus, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam warns
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxVaccines may not fully prevent people from passing Covid-19 on to others, England’s deputy chief medical officer has again warned.Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said people who have had the jab should still continue to abide by lockdown restrictions.If they begin easing off because they are protected, they are potentially putting at risk those further down the priority list who still need inoculation, he wrote in the Telegraph.His warning came as the latest Government figures showed the number receiving the first dose of the vaccine across the UK has passed 5.8 million, with a record 478,248 getting the jab in a single day.Prof Van-Tam wrote in the Telegraph that it is still not known if people who had been vaccinated could.
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