Israel has released new data providing further evidence the novel coronavirus vaccine is working well in Israel, which is an encouraging sign for the rest of the world.
- According to The Times of Israel, data from Israel’s health ministry found that “out of those who were tested for the coronavirus at least a week after their second shot, less than 1% tested positive, and less than 0.2% developed COVID-19 symptoms.”
- The data reviewed test results for 3,387,340 people. The researchers found 4,711 people were positive for COVID-19. And about 907 developed symptoms of COVID-19 in that time.
- Israel has been using the two-shot vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech.
Bigger picture
Per The Associated Press, 8.7 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine have been administered to Israel’s population of 9.3 million.
- About 3.7 million Israelis — which is more than 40% of the country — have received both of the doses of the vaccine.
However ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still warns that people who are vaccinated against COVID-19 should continue to follow all public health guidelines, which include wearing masks and social distancing in public, as I wrote about for the Deseret News.