Tel Aviv, Jul 10 (Sputnik) .- A fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine protects the elderly from dying by 72 percent, according to a new study by Ben Gurion University in Tel Aviv together. with the Israeli Ministry of Health.
The research was carried out on more than 40,000 Israelis living in institutions for the elderly supervised by health authorities.
The results of the study indicate that the elderly with the fourth dose of the vaccine have a 34 percent less chance of contracting the omicron variant, a 64-67 percent less chance of ending up hospitalized for coronavirus and a 72 percent lower risk. to die from the virus.
According to the researchers, those conclusions were reached by comparing 24,088 residents of nursing homes who received four doses of the Pfizer vaccine and another 19,687 who received three inoculations. (Sputnik)
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