Vaccinating adults appears to protect children around them
New data from Israel suggests that the vaccination of adults also protects unvaccinated people living around them
Reuters
April 06, 2021
A nurse fills a syringe with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at a health care centre in Seoul on February 26, 2021, as South Korea starts coronavirus vaccination campaign. PHOTO: REUTERS
The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, the illness caused by the virus.
Vaccinating adults appears to protect children as well
New data from Israel, where health officials moved quickly to distribute the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech SE, suggests that the vaccination of adults also protects unvaccinated people living around them.
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The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, the illness caused by the virus.
Vaccinating adults appears to protect children as well
New data from Israel, where health officials moved quickly to distribute the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech SE, suggests that the vaccination of adults also protects unvaccinated people living around them. Roughly one third of Maccabi Healthcare Services (MHS) 1.95 million members - all above the age of 16 - had received at least a single vaccine dose by Jan. 30. In analyzing outcomes in 223 communities, researchers found that as the number of vaccinated adults went up, infection rates among unvaccinated MHS members in the same community went down - particularly among children. MHS is Israel s second largest healthcare maintenance organization. While the observed vaccine-associated protectio
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