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60% of people being admitted to UK hospitals are unvaccinated: adviser

A nurse helps with treatment of a COVID-19 patient in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) at Milton Keynes University Hospital, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Milton Keynes, Britain, January 20, 2021. Picture taken January 20, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Toby Melville

Britain's Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance said that 60% of people being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 are unvaccinated, correcting an earlier statement he made on Monday.

Vallance earlier said at a news conference with Prime Minister Boris Johnson that 60% of people being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 have had two doses of vaccine.

"Correcting a statistic I gave at the press conference," Vallance said on Twitter. "About 60% of hospitalisations from Covid are not from double vaccinated people, rather 60% of hospitalisations from Covid are currently from unvaccinated people."

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60% of people being admitted to UK hospitals are unvaccinated: adviser

A nurse helps with treatment of a COVID-19 patient in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) at Milton Keynes University Hospital, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Milton Keynes, Britain, January 20, 2021. Picture taken January 20, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Toby Melville

Britain's Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance said that 60% of people being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 are unvaccinated, correcting an earlier statement he made on Monday.

Vallance earlier said at a news conference with Prime Minister Boris Johnson that 60% of people being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 have had two doses of vaccine.

"Correcting a statistic I gave at the press conference," Vallance said on Twitter. "About 60% of hospitalisations from Covid are not from double vaccinated people, rather 60% of hospitalisations from Covid are currently from unvaccinated people."

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