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Long covid: Vaccines given after infection can ward off extended illness
Researchers compared the rate of long covid among people who were vaccinated after catching covid-19 with those who developed long covid before being vaccinated
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18 May 2022
A person receiving a covid-19 vaccine in Glasgow, UK, in July 2021
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Getting vaccinated against covid-19 after being infected with the coronavirus may lower your risk of long covid.
Daniel Ayoubkhani at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and his colleagues looked at more than 28,000 people living in the UK, aged 18 to 69.
All the participants tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus and received at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine. However, some became infected before the jabs began to be rolled out at the end …
Article amended on 19 May 2022
This article has been amended to correct the timing of the covid-19 infections and the participants who typically take part in household surveys.