But, as young people race to get vaccines, how effective are they in the case of an ongoing outbreak?
According to Finn, it is “quite a complicated story”, as the vaccine is “almost an irrelevance in the very short term”, although it is effective overall.
“What will bring the outbreak under control is that people will modify their behaviour because they’re concerned about transmission,” he said.
“They won’t be going to nightclubs, sharing vapes or being in close and intimate contact, for sure.
“And, combined with that, the antibiotics that have been given out, I think now, to several thousand young individuals will protect them from getting sick and will also greatly reduce the chances if they’re carrying the bug of transmitting it onto other people.”