Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason people with natural immunity to covid-19 have not been treated as equal to those who have been fully vaccinated; and if he will make a statement.

The strength of the protective immune response to COVID-19 varies greatly from person to person. Although it is likely an individual will be protected from severe disease or death for a period post recovery from first infection, the duration of this protection will also vary. Therefore the protection offered by natural immunity is not considered comparable to full vaccination.