The Delta variant ensures that more and more people in Israel are vaccinated a third time. Now there is a recommendation for many people under 50.
In view of numerous new corona infections, Israel is now also vaccinating people aged 40 and over with a third dose. The Ministry of Health announced that several teams of experts had given the recommendation to expand the vaccination campaign.
Among other things, it was recommended to vaccinate pregnant women, teachers, health workers as well as people with disabilities and caregivers a third time. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (49) will also be vaccinated for a third time on Friday, according to his office.
In Israel, the Biontech / Pfizer preparation is used almost exclusively. Since the end of July, the country has been the first in the world to administer third vaccinations against the coronavirus. It is crucial that the second vaccination was at least five months ago. According to the Ministry of Health, almost 1.3 million people have now been vaccinated three times.
The reason for the decision to have a third vaccination are figures from the Ministry of Health, according to which the effectiveness of the Biontech / Pfizer vaccination has decreased significantly since the beginning of June. At the same time, the delta variant, which is considered to be particularly contagious, spread.
The number of new infections registered in Israel has increased sharply since June. The number of new cases reported within one day was more than 8,500 at the beginning of the week – the highest value in more than half a year. On Thursday evening, the ministry reported 7,922 new infections for the previous day. The number of seriously ill was 599. 18 people with corona infections died accordingly. More than 58 percent of the roughly 9.4 million Israelis are fully vaccinated.
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