Coronavirus: Only 8% of hospitalized cases received both Pfizer vaccines

Only eight percent of people hospitalized in Coronavirus in Israel became ill after receiving both doses of Pfizer vaccine, the Ministry of Health revealed Sunday, providing additional evidence that the vaccines are effective in preventing disease.

According to N12, 83 of the 1 003 patients in Israeli hospitals were infected with the virus after receiving both vaccinations. 751 of the hospital cases are people who have not been vaccinated, which is 74 percent of the total cases.

In the 41 cases of patients in a critical condition and connected to an out-of-body membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine, there were no people who received both vaccinations. Seven of the cases were people who received only the first dose.

The ministry said on Sunday that the R rate, which measures the disease’s ability to spread, had fallen below 0.8, the level indicating that the pandemic was declining. The rate has been declining for several days, standing at 0.78.

Last week, Pfizer and the Ministry of Health announced that the company’s vaccine is approximately 97% effective against severe cases and 94% against asymptomatic infections.

The study was about the information gathered in Israel between January 17 and March 6. Unvaccinated individuals were found to be 44 times more likely to develop a symptomatic case of COVID-19 and 29 times more likely to succumb to the virus than compared to individuals who received. their second dose two weeks before.

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