The doctors who treated the young man, who developed a multi-systemic inflammatory syndrome, found that before he was vaccinated, he contracted the virus and showed no symptoms.
A 23-year-old man who was vaccinated against corona developed a rare multi-system inflammatory syndrome that can cause severe damage to heart function.
The corona commissioner, Prof. Nachman Ash, received the second dose of the corona vaccine // Photo: GPO
At Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, it was discovered that prior to his vaccination, the young man had contracted Corona without showing any symptoms of the disease.
The unusual case took place last week, and the young man is currently hospitalized in the corona ward at Hadassah Ein Kerem in good condition.
Professor Dror Mevorach, director of the corona department at Hadassah, told Israel Today: "This is the first case of its kind in the world. I was careful to vaccinate people who fell ill in the corona. He was in danger, but received prompt treatment and recovered. It is important to identify this quickly."
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health announced this morning (Sunday) that yesterday 5,047 people were diagnosed with corona in Israel.
80,233 new tests were performed, bringing the positive rate to 6.3%.
A record number of critically ill patients hospitalized since the onset of the plague.
There are currently 68,933 active Corona patients in the country, 1,721 of whom are hospitalized.
1,029 people in critical condition (299 of them in critical condition) and 308 in moderate condition.
240 of the patients are respiratory.
Since midnight, 19,819 tests have been performed, 1,211 of which have been positive - and the positive result rate as of 10:32 is 6.1%.
Since the outbreak of the plague, 3,651 people have died in Israel from the virus.
5,680 healthcare professionals are currently in isolation or have been vaccinated against the virus, 671 of them are doctors and 1,466 are brothers and sisters.
In a tweet posted this morning on his Twitter account, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein wrote that the first three weeks of Operation “Give a Shoulder” have been a success.
"Yesterday we started distributing the second dose. So far we have vaccinated 1,817,000 people in the first dose. Today more significant shipments of vaccines will start arriving."
At the end of his remarks, the minister called on his followers to get vaccinated and adhere to the closure guidelines.
We finished 3 weeks of Operation Returning to Life with 3 great news:
1. Yesterday we started distributing the second portion.
2. So far we have vaccinated 1,817,000 people in a first dose.
3. More significant shipments of vaccines will begin arriving today.
Get vaccinated and follow the closure instructions.
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- Yuli Edelstein Yuli Edelstein (@YuliEdelstein) January 10, 2021
Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital announced today that the corona wards have the highest number of patients in the country with 136 patients, 72 of them in critical and critical condition - 22 of them respirators.
The hospital said that at the height of the epidemic, 150 corona patients were treated at the hospital at the same time.
Against the background of the outbreak of the plague and due to the immunization operation against the corona, about 100,000 vaccine doses from the Pfizer company are expected to land in Israel today.
By the end of the week, about half a million more doses of the vaccine are expected to arrive in Israel.
Yesterday, 43,016 vaccines against the virus were given, and on Friday, about 62.5 thousand vaccines were given.
According to an update by the Ministry of Health, 72% of those aged 60 and over have already been vaccinated in the first dose and 59% of all vaccinators are aged 60 and over.
The data also show that only 42% of those aged 60 and over in the Arab sector were vaccinated.
In addition, 34% of the 59-50 age group were vaccinated and 20% of 49-40 year olds were vaccinated.
This week, the vaccination campaign for teaching staff, dubbed "Shoulder for Education," is set to begin.
The Ministry of Health sees next week, when the number of vaccinated people in the second dose will be relatively low, as a "window of opportunity" to complete the teachers' vaccination.
In an interview with Effie Trigger's program at the GLC, this morning the Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Itamar Grotto, said that "it seems that the South African mutation will not have a significant effect on the protection provided by the vaccine either."
Participated in the preparation of the article: Assaf Golan, Meital Yasur Beit-Or
