According to a continuing survey of the population, one-third of fully vaccinated English citizens were more likely to be positive for COVID-19. The results were released Wednesday.Based on 98.233 swabs collected between June 24th and July 12, the latest findings of a long-running research by Imperial College London scientists and market research company Ipsos MORI were made.One in 160 people were infected by coronavirus. The prevalence rate was 1.21 percent in unvaccinated respondents, and 0.40 percent in fully jabbed.A study found that double-vaccinated individuals are less likely to transmit the virus to others than people who have not been vaccinated.Officials and scientists in Britain cautioned against the move after the government relaxed all virus restrictions in England, including the requirement to wear masks indoors.Last week, a US government document was leaked that warned that infections among fully-vaccinated persons are not as common as previously believed and that these cases can be highly contagious.Paul Elliott, professor at Imperial's School of Public Health, and director of the survey, stated that the results "confirm our prior data showing that both doses of vaccine offer good protection against becoming infected"."However we also know that the risk of infection is still there as no vaccine is 100% effective and that even double-vaccinated individuals can still get the virus."So, even though there have been some restrictions lifted, we still need to be cautious and protect each other in order to reduce the incidence of infections."The number of COVID-19 cases recorded daily by Britain's Health Ministry has declined, but population surveys suggest that they are still rising, though at a slower pace.Experts and officials predicted that there would be an increase in infections. This trend surprised them.The Imperial-Ipsos preprint analysis covering the period from July 12 to July 12 revealed that even then, cases were rising more slowly than in the previous month.Agence France-Presse
