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UK COVID-19 variant 45 percent more transmissible says new study from Israel The strain went from 5 percent to 90 percent of cases in six weeks, but vaccinations prevented spread in older person care homes. By Chia-Yi Hou | Apr. 21, 2021 A Magen David Adom health worker prepares a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine to be administered to Palestinians working in Israel, at the Israeli entrance of the Mitar checkpoint south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank and towards the Israeli city of Beersheba, on Mar. 8.Getty Images Story at a glance A...

Credit: Tel Aviv University A new study at Tel Aviv University found that the British variant (termed: B.1.1.7) of Covid-19 is 45% more contagious than the original virus. The researchers relied on data from about 300,000 PCR tests for Covid-19 obtained from the COVID-19 testing lab, which was established in collaboration with the Electra Group. The new study was conducted by Prof. Ariel Munitz and Prof. Moti Gerlitz of the Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, together with Dr. Dan Yamin and PhD student Matan Yechezkel from the Laboratory for ...

Nathan Jeffay is The Times of Israel's health and science correspondent An Israeli man cuts through a huge face mask as Israelis celebrate the end of the outdoor mask mandate, in Jerusalem, April 18, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Prominent scientists say the transformation of Israel from a COVID-19 hotspot to a vaccination success story underlines that any developed country can subdue the virus. They estimate that a relatively small number of vaccinations are needed to take a country out of crisis mode. The moment that half of the population aged 60-plus is inoculated, authorities can expect...

Nathan Jeffay is The Times of Israel's health and science correspondent A worker at an israeli logistics center where coronavirus vaccines are stored and distributed, on January 7, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90) A new study shows that Israel’s vaccination program saved many lives by reaching the elderly in the nick of time, stopping the British coronavirus variant in its tracks as it started to spread among the over-60 population. The extra-infectious variant has proven 45 percent more transmissible than the regular coronavirus in Israel, researchers at Tel Aviv University concluded. The strai...

Nathan Jeffay is The Times of Israel's health and science correspondent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receives a certificate after having his second COVID vaccine shot, on January 09, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) Doctors and health experts have been pouring cold water on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that Israel may soon be “done with COVID, period” due to the success of the vaccination operation. “This is a political, not a professional, statement,” Prof. Hagai Levine, epidemiologist and former head of Israel’s doctors union, told The Times of Israel. Levine is a...