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In Israel, spectacular vaccination campaign shows encouraging signs of effectiveness

2021-01-27T19:28:49.411Z


STORY - The country is considering collective immunity and the establishment of a health "passport" in April.


Israel is engaged in two race chases against the Covid-19.

The first aims to vaccinate its entire population in order to achieve a collective immunity rate.

It is energized thanks to the agreements made very early on with laboratories and the mobilization of health insurance funds which crisscross this country of approximately 8 million inhabitants.

Unique in the world, the experiment makes it possible to openly collect data on the consequences of vaccination.

It is also the subject of a protocol between the Israeli state and the firm Pfizer.

The first results are very encouraging.

A study of 135,000 people who were vaccinated shows that a tiny percentage of those protected fell ill (around 0.05%).

The first bite causes an antiviral reaction which does not take on its real immunity until after the booster several weeks later.

Of the 20 vaccinated patients identified, none developed a severe form of the disease, and

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Source: lefigaro

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