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Vaccinated people are well protected from getting sick, but could they inadvertently transmit the coronavirus? Noam Galai/Getty Images Entertainment via Getty Images

Can people vaccinated against COVID‑19 still spread the coronavirus?

Sanjay Mishra, Vanderbilt University

The COVID-19 vaccines are a smash success. But that doesn’t mean they keep every vaccinated person completely free of the coronavirus.
A man wearing a surgical mask makes a child wear one outside a hospital where a student who had been in Wuhan is kept in isolation in Thrissur, Kerala state, India. AP Photo

WHO declares global health emergency over coronavirus: 4 questions answered

Aubree Gordon, University of Michigan

The World Health Organization declared the new coronavirus to be a public health emergency on Jan. 30, 2020. Does the action really change anything? An expert answers four questions.

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  1. Coronavirus
  2. COVID-19
  3. COVID-19 vaccination
  4. Disease transmission
  5. Ebola
  6. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
  7. SARS-CoV-2
  8. SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
  9. World Health Organization (WHO)

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