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Early indications are that vaccines are protecting the elderly against the variant of concern first found in India and most of the people hospitalised with Covid-19 after contracting it have not been vaccinated, Britain’s health minister said on Monday.
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Matt Hancock said there were 2,323 confirmed cases of the B.1.617.2 variant, and in the north-west town of Bolton, the majority of the 19 who had been hospitalised had not been vaccinated even though they were eligible.
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“This shows the new variant is not tending to penetrate into older vaccinated groups, and it underlines again the importance of getting the jab,” Hancock told parliament.
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