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Israel's health ministry began vaccinating 600 16- to 18-year-olds with underlying conditions making them susceptible to coronavirus in January, with none displaying severe side effects.
About 3.5 million people have now been fully or partially vaccinated in the country.
Among Israel's first fully-vaccinated group there has been a 53% reduction in new cases, a 39% decline in hospitalizations and a 31% drop in severe illnesses.
Promising data in Israel's race to defeat pandemic Weizmann Institute researcher Eran Segal says among the first fully-vaccinated group there was a 53% reduction in new cases, a 39% decline in hospitalizations and a 31% drop in severe illnesses from mid-January until Feb. 6 Reuters | Published: 02.10.21 , 09:47 Israel's swift vaccination rollout has made it the largest real-world study of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine. Results are trickling in, and they are promising. More than half of eligible Israelis - about 3.5 million people - have now been fully or partially vaccinated. Older and at-...
A 53-percent reduction in new coronavirus cases, a 39-percent decline in hospitalizations and a 31-percent drop in severe illnesses are reported among the first fully-vaccinated group