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Written question asked by Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 19 July 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 July 2021. It was answered by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Thursday, 9 September 2021 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Coronavirus: Quarantine

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the evidence used to inform his decision to remove the requirement from 16 August 2021 for people who have received both doses of a covid-19 vaccine to self-isolate when they have been in close contact with someone who tests positive for covid-19.

Answer

Several studies of vaccine effectiveness have been conducted in the UK which indicate that a single dose of either vaccine is between 55% and 70% effective against symptomatic disease, with higher levels of protection against severe disease including hospitalisation and death. Additional protection is seen after a second dose

Public Health England (PHE) publishes weekly COVID-19 vaccine surveillance reports;. The reports include the latest evidence on vaccine effectiveness against different outcomes, and can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccine-surveillance-report

This published data informed the decision to exempt fully vaccinated contacts from self-isolation from 16 August. The press notice published by the Department, setting out the reasons for this policy, can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/self-isolation-to-be-eased-for-fully-vaccinated-adults-in-step-4

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
35899
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Quarantine Vaccination Coronavirus
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk