Despite corona vaccination: Can vaccinated people still transmit the virus?

A corona vaccine has now been approved in Germany.

It remains to be seen whether vaccinated people can pass on the coronavirus and infect others.

• The number of Corona * cases continues to rise unhindered.

• A

  vaccine that

  is

  now also

  approved

  in

  Germany

  is intended to remedy the situation.

• But can vaccinated people

  still pass on

  the

  coronavirus

  ?

Kassel - The

corona virus

still has the

world firmly under control.

And despite the lockdown, the number of

new corona infections

and deaths is

also increasing

.

The

vaccine

developed in record time by

the pharmaceutical companies Biontech and Pfizer could now be a ray of hope.

In the meantime, vaccinations have also started in Germany.

In this context, however, not all questions have been clarified.

Many wonder whether people who have already been vaccinated

can also transmit

the

coronavirus

?

vaccine	Comirnaty (previously: BNT162b2)
Companies	Biontech / Pfizer
Approval in the European Union	December 21, 2020

Corona vaccine protects against Covid-19 - but also against transmission of the virus?

During the Biontech / Pfizer approval process, the

corona vaccine was

tested on numerous participants.

The result:

the

vaccination

reduces the

likelihood of contracting

Covid-19

by around 95 percent.

In addition, the vaccine protects people of all age groups equally well, including people with previous illnesses.

This is what the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) reports

It was primarily investigated whether the

vaccine

can prevent the disease at all.

Nevertheless, it remains unclear and further research must be carried out as to whether one can become

infected with the virus

despite the

corona vaccination

, but remains without symptoms, according to the IQWiG.

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Corona vaccine: At the moment, the question is whether you can still infect others despite being vaccinated?

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Despite the corona vaccine, the virus could be passed on

A publication by natur.com shows that the

corona vaccine

(AZD1222) from the University of Oxford and Astra-Zeneca completely prevented damage to the lungs of vaccinated monkeys.

Nevertheless, the virus was exhaled through the animals' noses.

Although the main aim is

to avoid

Covid-19 disease

, it is possible that the vaccination "can neither prevent the infection nor the transmission of SARS-CoV-2." The situation is similar with other vaccine candidates.

Dr.

Sebastian Hoehl, virologist from the Institute for Medical Virology at the University Clinic Frankfurt am Main, told pharmische-zeitung.de: “In the case of the candidates for a SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, we still do not know whether both the disease and the disease the pathogen can be prevented from being eliminated. ”More precise results are expected in the coming months.

Despite corona vaccination: distance and hygiene rules are particularly important

Professor Uwe Janssens, chief physician at the Clinic for Internal Medicine and Internal Intensive Care Medicine at the St. Antonius Hospital in Eschweiler, recommends

continuing to be careful

despite the

corona vaccine

.

Distance rules should continue to be observed and a mouth and nose covering should be worn.

The question of whether the

coronavirus can

be passed on even though you have been vaccinated has yet to be clarified.

Until then, the following applies: Wait and continue to take

Corona measures

.

Nevertheless, the development and approval of

vaccines give

many people hope.

However, not everyone sees it that way: A clinic employee is said to have intentionally destroyed 500 corona vaccination doses.

The first corona vaccinations * have already started in Kassel.

But many employees of senior citizens' and care facilities as well as hospitals are skeptical.

(kas)

* hna.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network. 

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