People receive their coronavirus vaccine in Edinburgh, Scotland
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Finally, some good news. The first real-world data of the effectiveness of two coronavirus vaccines has shown they are performing “spectacularly well”.
In the first of two results announced today, one dose of vaccine cut hospitalisations in Scotland by more than 85 per cent.
The research, led by five Scottish universities and Public Health Scotland involved 99 per cent of Scotland’s 5.4 million people, 1.1 million of whom received a vaccine between 8 December and 15 February.
By the fifth week after receiving their first dose, those …