Israel releases COVID-19 vaccine Helps reduce infection and hospitalization among the elderly. Almost 6 weeks after being vaccinated to the elderly group
Israel was the first country It revealed information that the vaccine worked after being administered to a large population, with nearly 90% of people age 60 and older already receiving Pfizer’s first vaccine. The data gathered by the Ministry of Public Health found that infection in those age groups was reduced by 41% and hospital admission rates dropped 31% from mid-January to early February.
Among those under the age of 59, who had only 30% of the vaccine, had a 12% drop in infections and a 5% drop in hospitalizations during the same period.
Israel has been locked down since Jan. 8, which has led to a decrease in infections of all ages. But the infection rate among the elderly is more pronounced over time. Israel is the fastest in the world to vaccinate people in the country. 57 doses of the vaccine have been vaccinated per 100 people, and by Feb. 4, 78% of people over 60 have received 2 doses of the vaccine.
While the Maccabi health care system One of Israel’s major health care providers said that after a week of Pfizerdose II vaccination, just 254 of the 416,900 people were infected with COVID-19 and all 254 infected. Leaven With very few symptoms, only four were hospitalized with moderate symptoms. Compared to those who were not vaccinated Which infected 12,944 out of 778,000 people.
However, the biomedical data scientist of the Israeli Institute of Technology. Given that there is currently no evidence that the vaccine has gone. About 40% of the population is indirectly protecting unvaccinated people. He pointed out that more than a third of the population needs to be vaccinated to see a real decrease in the infection.
While in England A genetic epidemiologist at King’s College London said there were early signs that Pfizer’s vaccine was found. Help reduce COVID-19 infection. Among health personnel By public health personnel who have received the first vaccine 53% less likely to get infected than those who have not been injected
For an overview of vaccination around the world It appears that the number of people who received the vaccine More than the number of people infected But it is not clear how long it will take for the world to get the vaccine. Because many vaccinated people Had only injected the first dose
Data from Oxford University’s Our World in Data and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It states that 104.9 million doses have been vaccinated worldwide, more than the number of infected, of which 104.1 million.
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