The Director General of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Hezi Levy, has appointed a monitoring committee for the effectiveness and safety of vaccines against the Corona virus, it was announced today (Wednesday). The chairman of the committee will be Dr. Sharon Elrai Price, and Dr. Boaz Lev will serve as the center of the committee.
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‘Vaccination is an important medical event that deserves to be studied. “As well as treating and investigating unforeseen events immediately, I appointed a large committee of participants from various professions whose job is to monitor the administration of vaccines, give professional instructions, examine events with side effects and safety incidents and study the entire epidemiological fabric and the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine.
The committee will establish work processes, ensure that information is available from the health funds regarding vaccinators, background diseases and side effects, monitor events reported in the vicinity of receiving vaccines, conduct an acquired immunization assessment among vaccinated people after the vaccination process, consult on writing procedures and guidelines on safety and vaccine efficacy. The vaccines and will provide information to the public regarding safety and efficacy data of the vaccines in a transparent and frequent manner.