Encouraging data among seniors three weeks after the end of the immunization campaign in institutions • Chief of Staff for Magen Avot and Matrim, Prof. Nimrod Maimon: "We have been approaching the lowest numbers for a long time - we hope no new mutation will emerge that could devour the cards
Elderly people in a nursing home // Photo: Arik Sultan
Just three weeks after the vaccination campaign in senior institutions ended, there has been a drop in coronary heart disease in their area.
"We are already very close to the peak of morbidity of the whole epidemic period. The peak was in May, immediately after the first closure ended and since then we have not seen such encouraging data. Now we stand on indices similar to those in June when the increase relative to May was minor," he said. The Chief of Staff of Magen Avot and Mothers, Prof. Nimrod Maimon, in a conversation with "Israel Today".
"The vaccine works great and we see it best. According to the data, we see that the vaccine is indeed 95 percent effective, and we hope that no new mutation will emerge that could devour the cards."
According to Magen Avot and Maternity, the peak of morbidity among seniors was a little over a month ago, when the number of verified was 2,020 residents and employees in seniors' institutions.
At the height of the second wave at the end of September, the number of tenants and employees of the verified institutions stood at 1,500.
The vaccination campaign in the institutions began on December 22 and ended in early February, when about 90 percent of the residents of the institutions were vaccinated for the second time.
Three weeks have passed since then, and now only 230 adults are hospitalized in the corona wards of geriatric institutions, with some coming from the community rather than senior institutions.
Also in the last week the trend of flattening the curve continues, during which 30 adults with corona were hospitalized.
Despite the encouraging data, says Prof. Maimon, the tests and sampling at senior institutions will continue.
But geriatric institutions warn that the Ministry of Health has not yet informed them of the cancellation of its decision to stop compensating the institutions for the excess expenses incurred from the treatment of Corona.
"Outline is being formed"
Eran Shmueli, director general of the Geriatric Association, said that "in order to continue to maintain a low level of morbidity, and to stop any outbreak of this or that variant, we need continued budget assistance." The Ministry of Health said in response that "the final outline is being formed. With the geriatric institutions. "
