Israel: One Dose Of Pfizer Vaccine 85 Percent Is Proven Effective

Liputan6.com, Jakarta – Results of research on health workers at the hospital Israel demonstrated, the effectiveness of the first dose of vaccine COVID-19 artificial Pfizer Inc reached 85 percent.

That figure is higher than the 52 percent advertised by the producer.

Findings of the Sheba Hospital at Israel it could spark global debate about Pfizer’s recommended two-dose schedule amid suggestions that the second dose should be postponed and the available supply to be given to someone else as recipient of the first dose.

“We studied Sheba Hospital workers who received the first dose of Pfizer vaccine. We found, for those who were vaccinated with the first dose, compared to those who were not vaccinated, the effectiveness of the vaccine was up to 85% in preventing clinical Covid or patients who did not show symptoms of Covid,” he said. Professor Eyal Leshem, infectious disease specialist at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Sheba said among the 7,214 staff who received their first dose in January, there was an 85 percent decrease in COVID-19 symptoms in 15 to 28 days.

The overall reduction in transmission, including asymptomatic cases detected by tests, was 75 percent.

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