COVID-19 jab saved 20 million lives in its first year, study suggests

COVID-19 jab saved 20 million lives in its first year, study suggests About 20 million lives were saved by the COVID vaccine in its first year, according to new estimates.

Experts believe more deaths were prevented in richer countries, with 12.2 million saved in high and upper-middle income nations. Sky News

See also:

• Global impact of the first year of COVID-19 vaccination: a mathematical modelling study (open access) The Lancet Infectious Diseases
• Covid: Free lateral flow tests in Wales until 31 July BBC News
• Covid drug Paxlovid is NOT effective for people who have been vaccinated, Pfizer reveals The Daily Mail
• How widespread is long COVID in the UK? GPonline
• Britain is being swamped by yet another Covid wave – how can we stop them coming? The Guardian
• Covid-19: Hospital patients with coronavirus in the East of England is highest for six weeks ITV News
• NHS England sets out preliminary plans for autumn Covid boosters Pulse