Two vaccine doses and a previous infection provides 90% protection

HAVING two vaccine jabs and a previous Covid infection provides 90 per cent protection from the virus for more than a year, a Government study has found.

The findings by the UK Health Security Agency shows two doses on top of a prior infection ‘significantly reduces’ both symptomatic and asymptomatic cases, compared with just a previous infection.

The report debunks claims made by an NHS anaesthetist, Dr Steve James, that vaccination was unnecessary if someone had previously had the virus.

The study of 35,000 healthcare workers found unvaccinated individuals who had had Covid developed 85 per cent protection three to nine months later, but this dropped to 73 per cent 15 months after infection.

Those who were double jabbed and tested positive three to nine months previously had 91 per cent protection – and this was 90 per cent 15 months after catching Covid.