Israel Releases Data Supporting Third Dose Of Covid-19 Vaccine

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Israel's Health Ministry published data on Thursday that was presented to its Vaccine Advisory Committee in support of the recommendation to administer a third dose of the covid-19 vaccine to older adults.

The Health Ministry "recommended the provision of a third vaccine in the elderly population," an announcement from the health ministry said on Thursday.

Some of the data considered by the Ministry comes from an investigation into the "justification, safety and efficacy" of a third dose of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine for patients on hemodialysis that was published as a pre-published document earlier this month on the server. medrxiv.

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The research found that about two-thirds of hemodialysis patients who had a suboptimal immune response after a second dose of vaccine developed "optimal" T cells and antibodies after a third dose.

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Israel's health care system was instructed to make the necessary arrangements to begin vaccinating people over the age of 60 with a third dose of the covid-19 vaccine starting Sunday, according to a source with knowledge of the planning. Israeli medical care, pending a final government decision to proceed.

Recipients of a third dose will need to show that it has been more than five months since they received their second dose, the source said.

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