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Two doses of Covid-19 vaccine give 98% protection, says PGI study

The study, which didn't spe­cify the name of the vacc­ine, was conducted on Pun­jab police personnel

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Of 35,856 individuals who re­c­eived the first dose, nine died of Covid | Photo: Shutterstock

BS Reporter New Delhi
A study on vaccine efficacy conducted by PGI Chand­igarh shows that two doses of the Covid vaccine gave 98 per cent protection against the disease, while one dose gave 92 per cent protection.

The study, which didn’t spe­cify the name of the vacc­ine, was conducted on Pun­jab police personnel. Of 35,856 individuals who re­c­eived the first dose, nine died of Covid. Among 42,720 who received both doses, there were two deat­hs.


“Deaths per thousand with a single dose was 0.25 and with both doses,