Israel announced Monday night that less than one percent of a group of fully vaccinated patients have developed Covid, in the strongest indication yet that the jobs are highly effective.
A study by Maccabi, an Israeli health care provider, found that only 20 of about 128,000 people contracted the disease when it was diagnosed about a week after receiving the second dose.
“New data from Maccabi Healthcare Services, one of Israel’s largest healthcare providers, shows that only 20 out of ~ 128,600 people were infected with the COVID-19 virus, more than a week later. after receiving the second dose of the vaccine, “the healthcare provider said in a statement Monday night.
About half of the 20 patients who contracted Covid had adverse symptoms, and the remainder reported mild symptoms such as cough, headache and fatigue.
Anat Ekka Zohar, senior doctor at Maccabi, said: “This is very encouraging data. We will keep a close eye on these patients to check if they are suffering from mild symptoms only and not improve. problems caused by the virus “.
It came as Israeli health officials said they were confident their Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were effective against all sorts of news of the virus, including the UK variant.
“The vaccine works against the British mutation but the rate of infection of the virus is much faster than the level of the vaccine,” said Dr Sharon Alroy-Preis, head of public health of the Israeli government.
Israeli officials have warned that up to 70 per cent of new coronavirus cases in the country may be caused by UK stress, and that children are more likely to catch them than originally expected.
“Forty percent of the disease is in children, a percentage higher than the share in the population,” Dr. Alroy-Preis told Israeli reporters Monday.
“We are seeing an increase in infections in ages six to nine, and that’s just the age group that should go back to school. [at the end of lockdown]. ”
More than a quarter of the population of Israel has been vaccinated against coronavirus, with a priority of more than 40 years.
Over the weekend, Israel expanded the scheme to include 16 to 18-year-olds so they can schedule important high school exams.
Meanwhile, Israel’s tsar coronavirus, Nachman Ash, said he thought the vaccines would be effective against all new strains but was particularly optimistic about the UK’s diversity.
“Most of the mutations we believe are stopping, we know this with a very high probability of the British version,” he told Israeli radio station 103 FM.
Meanwhile, some of Israel’s ultra-rectangular Jewish community has taken to the streets to protest against the third nationwide locked-in case.
A bus driver was pulled from his seat and the vehicle lay down during a riot in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak on Monday.
Israeli officials say 9.3 percent of coronavirus test results recorded on Sunday came back as positive, the second-highest rate this month.
More than a thousand people have died from coronavirus in Israel this month, bringing the death toll to 4,419.