ISRAEL BECOMES FIRST NATION TO GIVE THIRD COVID VACCINE SHOT TO PEOPLE OVER 60

  • 29/07/2021

Israel’s health ministry on Thursday said it will offer a third dose of Covid-19 vaccine to people over the age of 60 years starting Sunday, news agency Haaretz reported. The ministry said the third dose will be given to those who have been vaccinated with both doses at least five months ago.Following this announcement, Israel became the first nation to announce that it will give booster doses to prevent Covid-19 infections among vaccinated people. The move is also seen as an effort by the Israeli government to slow the spread of the Delta variant,.

The health ministry earlier reported a drop in the vaccine's effectiveness against infection along with a slight decrease in the protection the vaccine was providing against Covid-19. Experts told the Israeli health ministry that the Covid-19 vaccine’s effectiveness in severe symptoms among those aged above 60 years dropped from 97% in January to 81%. The ministry last week estimated that the vaccine was 41% effective when it came to preventing symptomatic infections over the past month though protection against severe diseases remained strong at 91%.

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