Israel currently leads the world in Covid-19 vaccinations, with more than half (56%) of the population jabbed with two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
New cases of Covid-19 have dropped dramatically since the country’s vaccination programme began, from a peak of more than 10,000 a day in January to a few hundred in March when lockdown was lifted.
Israel’s economy has since almost fully reopened, with people going to sporting events and concerts as restrictions on outdoor crowds continue to loosen.
The researchers said their study highlights the importance of fully vaccinating adults against Covid-19, but added that challenges remain to get the pandemic under control.
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Hold it in London! Senior MP blasts pointless plan to hold Champions League final in Istanbul as health expert says ridiculous UEFA decision to expose up to 25,000 British football fans to Covid is corporate negligence
The showpiece European football event is set to be played at Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 29
Sources told The Times that 25,000 fans are expected to attend the game with many travelling internationally
Some 8,000 tickets to be offered to English fans of the two teams but some fear even more will make the trip
Coronavirus infection rates are some 12 times higher in Turkey than the UK, with 31,000 new cases yesterday
Moderna, Pfizer showing promising results against COVID variants
(KYMA, KECY) - Health officials say COVID vaccines, Moderna, and Pfizer have proven to be highly effective against the variants first spotted in Brazil, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.
CBS News reported trial results to show increased immunity against COVID-19. Moderna said that it would start seeking approval from the Food and Drug Administration by the end of the month. As for Pfizer, it s already trying to get the approval by month s end.
Both vaccines currently involve getting two shots.
Sources say Moderna showed people who got the third shot of its current vaccine had increased antibody levels against the South African and Brazilian variants.
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University of Nottingham spin-outs support region’s reputation for scientific breakthroughs
A NEW report shows that technologies developed from research carried out at the University of Nottingham have attracted millions of pounds’ worth of investment over the past 12 months, supporting the region’s economic prosperity and reputation for scientific breakthroughs.
The University has 25 spin-out companies who are developing technologies which began life as research projects and are now being turned into products which can transform people’s lives.
They include Cerca Magnetics, whose next-generation brain scanner builds on a long track record in medical imaging research which stretches back to Sir Peter Mansfield’s Nobel Prize-winning contribution to the MRI scanner.