Patients who received the vaccine either do not get Covid-19 at all or do not have any severe symptoms, GP Sandra Gintere told a news conference.
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The symptoms of the disease in such vaccinees are so inconspicuous, and patients can often be heard that they would not know about the infection without the test.
The family doctor stated that the morbidity had risen again in the last two weeks, mainly among families. At the same time, according to her, GPs continue to vaccinate and provide primary vaccination for various groups of the population.
Data from the Vaccination Project Division of the National Health Service show that currently 37.71% of the population out of 974,000 eligible for primary vaccination in the country have received an additional vaccine. Among seniors, 53% or about 170,000 of the 320,000 who have received a booster vaccine have received an additional vaccine.
According to information prepared by the State Agency of Medicines, the results of recently published studies show that the effectiveness of vaccines against symptomatic disease caused by the omicron variant is lower and tends to decrease over time. As a result, more and more people who are vaccinated are at risk of getting an infection caused by the omicron variant despite being vaccinated.
However, these studies also suggest that vaccination still provides a high level of protection against the severe course and hospitalization of omicron-borne disease. Recent evidence, which includes data on actual efficacy, indicates that those who have received the primary vaccine are better protected than those who have received only the primary vaccination course.
Data from South Africa show that people who receive two doses of Covid-19 are up to 70% protected against hospitalization, but similar data from the UK show that although protection decreases a few months after vaccination, protection against hospitalization rises again to 90%. % after receiving the primary vaccine.
The European Medicines Agency has undertaken to further evaluate the latest available data on the efficacy and severity of vaccines, as well as the evolving situation regarding circulating virus variants and infection rates for the omicron variant. The Agency emphasizes that vaccination remains an essential part of the fight against the current pandemic.
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