Photographer: Kobi Wolf / Bloomberg
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According to the country’s second largest health network, Israel’s world-leading campaign to vaccinate its citizens begins.
Maccabi Health Services studied a sample group of 50,777 people over the age of 60 who were vaccinated in late December and then again in mid-January. Raw data showed that the number of new infections and hospitalizations decreased two days after the second shot, two days after the second shot, researchers reported.
According to the analysis, Maccabi’s KSM Research and Innovation Center, in collaboration with the Israeli computer health researchers, AI Institute, started moving about two weeks from the first dose.
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Israeli analysis shows Pfizer vaccine reduces positive virus cases
Source: Maccabi Research and Innovation Center
A separate Israeli study among health workers who received two doses of Pfizer Inc. survey found elevated levels of antibodies in almost every participant that matched or exceeded the clinical results.
Israeli study of Pfizer Shot finds high levels of antibodies (1)
Israel has largely used Pfizer’s vaccine since the start of the vaccination campaign in late December, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu data on the campaign to speed up and expand shipments. The country adheres to Pfizer’s lead of a second shot about three weeks after the first, subject to second doses.
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To date, about 2.5 million people, or more than a quarter of the population, have received a first dose, with nearly a million more the second. Children under 16, who have not been approved to take the vaccine, account for about 30% of the country’s 9.3 million people.
The country is currently in the midst of a third shutdown that began in late December to control a resurgence of the outbreak. In total, Israel had nearly 600,000 cases and more than 4,360 deaths.
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