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LIVE: updates as BCP's high Covid case rate linked to 'social mixing'

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  • - High case rates in BCP are “mainly linked” to social mixing, according to the director of Public Health Dorset
  • - The rate for BCP in the seven days to January 28 was 396.1
  • - A single dose of the Oxford vaccine may reduce transmission of coronavirus by two thirds, according to a new study
  • - Researchers said that the first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab offers protection of 76% up to three months
  • - The vaccine may reduce transmission by 67% – with efficacy rising to 82.4% after the second dose 12 weeks later

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