Israel Covid vaccine data shows extremely low rate of infections
by Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem from Science | The Guardian on (#5DHZA)
Only 0.04% of people caught virus a week after second dose and 0.002% needed hospital treatment
Studies in Israel have offered tentative optimism on the effectiveness of vaccines in curbing the coronavirus pandemic, with initial data suggesting even the early stages of inoculation campaigns might have marked decreases in both hospital cases and infections.
With one in three Israelis having received at least one shot, a far higher fraction than anywhere else, the country of 9 million people provides a test case for the worldwide vaccine push.
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