A study from Israel on the coronavirus gives hope that the vaccine from Biontech / Pfizer is even more effective than previously thought.
Biontech / Pfizer
*: A study from Israel shows that the
vaccine
*
protects against severe Covid-19 courses - better than previously assumed.
It can also
prevent
infections with the
coronavirus
* - according to a new study.
The
vaccine
is also likely to work against the
mutant from Great Britain.
Berlin - Studies have already shown that the
Biontech / Pfizer vaccine protects
95 percent against serious diseases related to the
coronavirus
, but questions still remain.
For example, until recently it was unclear whether the
Biontech / Pfizer vaccine could
also protect against transmission of the
coronavirus
.
Coronavirus study in Israel: effectiveness of Biontech / Pfizer vaccine stronger than thought
According to a study by the Israeli Ministry of Health, the
Biontech / Pfizer
vaccine is said to
offer even more protection against the coronavirus after the second vaccination than previously assumed, as the media unanimously report.
The study was carried out in collaboration with the US pharmaceutical company
Pfizer
.
It has not yet been published, but is already available in various media such as "Spiegel Online".
According to this, the vaccine against the
coronavirus
from
Biontech / Pfizer
should protect around 99 percent against serious illnesses and deaths.
+
A woman in Israel is being vaccinated against the coronavirus - around a third of the population has already received a vaccine.
© Tomer Neuberg / JINI
Around a third of the population in Israel has already been vaccinated.
The data now also show that the
vaccination from Biontech / Pfizer
also protects against infection.
Accordingly, a decline in infections with the
corona
virus is
noticeable in ever larger proportions of the population.
According to the study, the
vaccine
prevented
infection with the
coronavirus
in 90 percent of the cases
.
Vaccine against the coronavirus: New data from Israel give hope
The
virus mutant B.1.1.7
was probably already detected in 81 percent of the cases examined.
For the
virus variant from South Africa
, however, there is still no reliable data.
The data from Israel about the
coronavirus
and the effectiveness of the
vaccine from Biontech / Pfizer
will now initially be published in a preprint.
If the data are confirmed, this would be a breakthrough in the fight against the
coronavirus
, as the vaccine could also prevent infection.
(Delia Friess)
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List of rubric lists: © Tomer Neuberg / JINI
