UK records another 35,847 coronavirus cases

Another 35,847 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 6,590,747, according to official figures released on Wednesday.

The country also reported another 149 coronavirus-related deaths. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain now stands at 132,003. These figures only include the deaths of people who died within 28 days of their first positive test, Xinhua news agency reported.

The latest data came as new research has found protection from two doses of the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines begins to wane within six months.

According to a press release from the ZOE COVID symptom study, which involved more than 1.2 million test results and participants, the initial protection against infection a month after the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine was 88 per cent, while after five to six months this fell to 74 per cent.

Meanwhile, protection from the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine fell to 77 per cent just one month after the second dose. It decreased to 67 per cent after four to five months.

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