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How can you tell if a coronavirus vaccine has given you immunity?

By Clare Wilson and Graham Lawton

9 February 2021

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A blood test being used to test for covid-19 antibodies

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To tackle the covid-19 pandemic, we need the most effective vaccines we can get. But even theĀ best vaccines don’t work in everyone. How do you know if yours has worked?

All of the vaccines in use againstĀ the coronavirus can causeĀ side effects, including a sore arm, fever,Ā chills, headache and nausea, usually in the first two days after aĀ jab.

These are more common after aĀ second dose, and in people whoĀ have already been naturally infected with the coronavirus, according to

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