BBC : Covid: Vaccinated people may spread virus, says Van-Tam

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People who have received a Covid-19 vaccine could still pass the virus on to others and should continue following lockdown rules, England's deputy chief medical officer has warned.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55784199

Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam stressed that scientists "do not yet know the impact of the vaccine on transmission".

He said vaccines offer "hope" but infection rates must come down quickly. Matt Hancock said 75% of over-80s in the UK have now had a first virus jab.

Both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines require two doses, and figures so far reflect those given the first dose. The health secretary told Sky News' Sophy Ridge programme that around three quarters of care homes had also been vaccinated.

"We've vaccinated more people in just the last three days than France has in the entire history of this disease," Mr Hancock said.

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1. You don't have to *catch* a virus to spread it.

I don't know if it could survive in the lungs of an immune person, but it could certainly survive on their hands just the same.