Data from Israel shows the COVID-19 vaccine is 98.9% effective in preventing death due to COVID-19 and 99.2% protective against serious illness. These are outstanding results so far to come out from Israel who have been vaccinating a wide percentage of the population. This data can give us hope in the UK that the vaccines are working and may help us come out of the Pandemic a lot sooner.
Fig1. A man attends a vaccination centre in Israel
References:
- https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-says-vaccine-dramatically-effective-prevents-98-9-of-covid-deaths
- https://www.pfizer.co.uk/behind-science-what-mrna-vaccine
- https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/vaccines-and-immunization-what-is-vaccination?adgroupsurvey={adgroupsurvey}&gclid=EAIaIQobChMItsHFoZWA7wIVRbDtCh0BHgJvEAAYASAAEgI99PD_BwE
