Prime Minister Bennett arrived today (Tuesday) on a tour of impression about the Sheba Medical Center deployment scenario of a wave of serious injury can occur. Commended the
study made corona field hospital, which influence decision makers around the world and how to manage the epidemic: "We're here, learn the database And you give them to the whole world, and through your dedicated work you save lives, no less. "
"New layer of protection": Bennett revealed that a fourth vaccine has been approved for people aged 60 and over in Israel // Photo: GPO
During his visit, the Prime Minister was presented with preliminary results from the first study of its kind in the world, led by Sheba on the efficacy and safety of the fourth dose of the vaccine.
"I am pleased to announce together with Prof. Yitzhak Kreiss and Prof. Gili Regev-Yohai, who are conducting the study, that the initial research regarding the fourth dose shows that within a week of receiving the fourth vaccine there is an almost fivefold increase in blood antibodies," he said. "Apparently, it will express a much higher level of protection than without the same injection. A high level of protection both in relation to infection and contagion and in relation to serious illness. In simple Hebrew - the fourth vaccine is safe, that's for sure.
The fourth vaccine most likely works."
The vaccine is launched on Wednesday // Photo: Oren Ben Hakon,
The study, led by Prof. Gili Regev-Yohai - Director of the
Infection
Prevention
and Control
Unit in
Sheba, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, was approved by the
Helsinki
Committee
- the highest committee for human trials.
Prof. Gili Regev-Yohai said: "These preliminary findings join
preliminary
results
obtained after the administration of the fourth dose in terms of side effects
and which also indicate the safety of the fourth dose. This study will yield
additional information in the coming days and weeks."
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