Article 5D1EB Single Covid vaccine dose in Israel 'less effective than we thought'

Single Covid vaccine dose in Israel 'less effective than we thought'

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Peter Beaumont
from World news | The Guardian on (#5D1EB)

Surge in infections dampens optimism over country's advanced immunisation programme

Israel's coronavirus tsar has warned that a single dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine may be providing less protection than originally hoped, as the country reported a record 10,000 new Covid infections on Monday.

In remarks reported by Army Radio, Nachman Ash said a single dose appeared less effective than we had thought", and also lower than Pfizer had suggested.

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