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96% of Britons develop antibodies after one Covid jab, study finds

Results show Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca jabs are proving highly effective

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More than 90% of Britons develop antibodies to coronavirus after having one dose of the AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccines, and almost 100% do so after their second jab, research shows.

The findings, based on a study of 8,517 people in England and Wales, are the latest evidence to show that the two mainstays of Britain’s vaccine drive are proving highly effective.