HMOs yesterday received an exceptional permit to vaccinate people who have recovered from corona, and more than 3 months have passed since their illness • The reason: vaccine doses that have almost expired remain
The Ministry of Health has made a decision in principle to start vaccinating corona recoverers, who became infected at least three months ago.
Yesterday (Sunday) Sunday, the ministry approved a one-time vaccination for people who have recovered from corona, because vaccine doses that have almost expired remain, so the HMOs received an over-approval to vaccinate recovering patients for fear that those doses will be discarded.
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In addition, the Ministry of Health stated that in the coming days, precise instructions will be given to recoverers who are currently being discussed in another discussion by the epidemic management team.
Recall, a study conducted by the UK Genetic Bank (UK Biobank), found that people who have been in Corona, preserve the antibodies of the disease for a period of at least six months, so during this time they are relatively protected from re-infection.
Genetic bankers conducted blood tests for people who had contracted the virus twice: after three months and after six months.
According to Professor Naomi Allen, the bank's chief scientist: "After three months, 99 percent of our subjects had antibodies against the corona virus in their blood, and after six months, 88 percent had."
"It is true that it is not clear whether the antibodies actually indicate immunity to the disease, but this in our estimation indicates that for at least six months people who have been infected naturally are protected from the virus," the researcher noted.