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Getting vaccinated halves your risk of Long Covid
10/09/2021
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Issued by the City of Wolverhampton Council
Wolverhampton residents are being urged to get their Covid-19 jab as soon as they can, to protect themselves from the deadly virus and significantly reduce the risk of long Covid if they go on to catch it after vaccination.
A new study shows that for the minority of people who catch Covid-19 after being fully vaccinated, the chances of suffering long Covid, with symptoms continuing more than four weeks after infection, are reduced by almost 50% compared to someone who is not vaccinated.
The study, carried out by Kings College, Oxford and based on analysis of data from the Zoe Covid app, found that just 0.2% of people who were fully vaccinated went on to catch Covid-19. Of those fully vaccinated people who became infected, just 5% experienced long Covid symptoms for more than a month, compared to 11% of unvaccinated people.
It also found fully vaccinated people who went on to become infected were then 73% less likely to be admitted to hospital, compared to an unvaccinated person with the virus.
Professor Tim Spector from King's College, and lead investigator of the Zoe COVID study, said: "Vaccinations are massively reducing the chances of people getting long COVID in two ways.
"Firstly, by reducing the risk of any symptoms by eight-to-10-fold, and then by halving the chances of any infection turning into long COVID, if it does happen.
"Whatever the duration of symptoms, we are seeing that infections after two vaccinations are also much milder, so vaccines are really changing the disease and for the better. We are encouraging people to get their second jab as soon as they can."
Councillor Jasbir Jaspal, the City of Wolverhampton Council’s Cabinet Member for Public Health and Wellbeing, said: “This study provides further evidence of benefits of being fully vaccinated. Not only is the risk of catching Covid-19 significantly reduced, if you do then become infected, the risk of long Covid symptoms is halved compared to someone who is not fully vaccinated.
“Infection rates are high in Wolverhampton, so I would encourage anyone aged 16 or over who has not yet had their jab to come get it, and the protection it provides, as soon as they can.”
Cllr Jaspal added: “Walk-in Covid-19 vaccination clinics are open right across the city, which means it’s easy to get a jab. Most are open to anyone over 16, so if you’re eligible and haven’t had your first dose yet, or are now due your second one, please do so as soon as you can.”
If you are 18 or over and live or work in Wolverhampton, you can now get your vaccine at any walk-in clinic, without needing to book.
These are moving around the city, based on supplies of the vaccines, and where they are needed most.
Please remember that if you have already received the first dose of your coronavirus vaccine, you must wait 8 weeks before receiving your second dose.
Find the latest Walk-in vaccination clinics in Wolverhampton
The latest figures show that there were 353.6 new cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 people in Wolverhampton over the last seven days. That means 930 people in the city tested positive for the virus in that same period – though the true number of new cases will likely be higher.
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