“By this time,” the health ministry said Friday at 6:10 pm, “3,008,511 vaccinated Israelis have received a booster.
“The Ministry of Health calls on all those who are eligible and have not done so to go out and get vaccinated,” it continued. “The vaccine has been shown to be the most effective means of fighting the coronavirus, and is available to all.”
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Health Minister Nietzen Horowitz also celebrated the occasion with a tweet, noting that Israel crossed the 3 million threshold “before our target date”.
We have already exceeded 3 million people vaccinated with complementary vaccines, ahead of the target date. Vaccines are the best means of preventing delta, and the results are already clearly visible in the field: Vaccinated ones are safe.
Respect to our teams and the responsible public for doing amazing work. Keep getting vaccinated!Nitzan Horowitz Nitzan Horowitz @NitzanHorowitz September 17, 2021
He added that “those who have been vaccinated are safe.”
Finally, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett sets the next goal: “four million vaccinations,” he tweeted. “Soon after the holidays, we will implement a program to vaccinate another million Israelis with a third vaccine, by hardening Green Pass, PR and accessibility.”
To the 3 million good and responsible Israelis who went to get vaccinated: Thank you!
Thanks to you we are all safe and healthy and thanks to you our country remains open on holidays and normally.
Next target: 4 lakh vaccinations. Soon after the holidays, we will implement a program to vaccinate another million Israelis in a third vaccine, by hardening green labels, information and access.– Naftali Bennett (ftnaftalibennett) September 17, 2021
The third vaccine dose is being given by Magen David Adom (MDA), Jerusalem at the Amigdor Retirement Residence, August 5, 2021. (credit: Mark Israel Salem)
In all, more than 6 million Israelis have already been vaccinated with at least one shot, including more than 5.5 million who received both doses.
At the same time, the health ministry reported that 3,227 people had been diagnosed with the coronavirus the day before – 6.33% of the nearly 55,000 people who were screened. The number of serious patients increased to 661.
The data also showed that the booster offered 20 times greater protection against serious illness.
In the end, the study showed that those who received a booster dose were only 5% more likely to get sick. In other words, vaccine efficacy for individuals receiving the third dose of Pfizer vaccine is about 95%—similar to the “fresh” vaccine efficacy reported against the original Wuhan strain.
The data was presented Friday to the FDA for discussion about expanding its booster shot campaign, which currently only targets people who are more people, or even all Americans. . Vaccinated with Pfizer Vaccine. .
Israel’s director of public health services, Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis presented Israel’s data to the FDA on Friday. As mentioned, the discussion is about whether the data supports giving a third shot to any or all people over the age of 16 in the US. Voting is likely to take place at the end of the meeting.
After the committee votes whether they want to go ahead with the dosing plan, an expert panel from the Centers for Disease Control next week will discuss who should actually receive it.
Biden and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a plan on August 18 — about two and a half weeks after Israel opened boosters to adults over the age of 60 — to begin offering booster shots in the week of September 20. . But proceeding with booster shots was always subject to the FDA conducting an independent evaluation with the CDC’s advisory committee on vaccination practices to determine the safety and effectiveness of the third dose.
Alroy-Preis also presented data showing that the effectiveness of the vaccine diminishes after five to six months. The data compared rates of infection and severe disease in people with the delta variant who were more recently vaccinated and showed a clear decline in both older and younger populations.