, leaving them unaware they are infected and contagious — unless they get tested. Government analysis of the vaccines currently used in Britain suggests 30 per cent of inoculated people may still go on to catch it without getting sick.
Some inoculated adults will also fall ill if they get infected — but the risk of getting symptoms is much lower, as has been proven by trials from across the world.
And the risk of becoming seriously ill, being hospitalised or dying from the virus is even smaller. It means deaths and hospitalisations from coronavirus will still occur in the coming months, but No10's scientific advisers hope — and believe — they will be at much lower levels than seen throughout the pandemic so far.