The third dose works in Israel. Europe should follow an example?

Europe, especially its eastern part, is struggling with a growing wave of coronavirus infections. Israel experienced the same three months ago, but it has managed to severely reduce the number of COVID-19 cases. What can we learn from a Middle East country?

1. In August, Israel experienced an exceptionally large – according to their count of the fourth – wave of COVID-19 cases. In a country of 9,2 million, there were over 11 thousand. infections daily
2. In September, the numbers of new cases began to decline. At the end of the month, the daily average for the past week was less than 4.
3. This is the effect of mass vaccination with a booster dose of the anti-COVID-19 preparation
4. This is the path that European countries should follow, say Israeli experts
5. More information can be found on the Onet homepage

Israel quelled the fourth wave. How did he do it?

Israel, in the time of a pandemic, may once again become a beacon when it comes to dealing with the coronavirus for other countries. Currently, in many European countries we are witnessing increases in COVID-19. Israel is behind it, the next wave of infections has been suppressed and almost returned to normal without severe restrictions and restrictions on trade and the economy.

The Israeli daily Haaretz spoke with local experts. They underline the huge role of booster vaccinations in suppressing the infection rate. The campaign started in August, just as the next wave of the pandemic began to gain momentum.

1. What does COVID-19 look like now? What are the symptoms and how many days do they appear when we infect others?

The fourth wave in Israel began in July with the spread of the Delta variant. By this time, most Israelis were already months after receiving a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. We would like to remind you that Israel was one of the first countries in the world (next to the United States and Canada) to start a massive vaccination campaign.

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The first people were vaccinated in December 2020, more than 50 percent at the end of February. of the country’s citizens had received at least one dose of the vaccine, and by the end of March, half of the population had been fully vaccinated.

Source: ourworldindata.org

Then it turned out that the level of protection against the infection drops a few months after vaccination. Subsequent studies have shown that this effectiveness drops on average six months after full vaccination. When the particularly contagious Delta variant emerged, large portions of Israelis were less immune to infection, leading to a significant increase in coronavirus cases among those vaccinated.

Booster vaccination works

Therefore, Israel in August launched a booster dose action, the so-called the booster was first intended for people aged 60 and over, and then for all those aged 12 and over. Three weeks after the program was launched, the effects appeared – there was a clear change in the structure of COVID-19 cases. The number of vaccinated people started to decline, while the unvaccinated accounted for an increasing proportion of severe cases of the disease.

Source: www.worldometers.info

As the daily “Haaretz” puts it, in Israel the coronavirus has become a “pandemic of the unvaccinated”. In September, the number of new COVID-19 cases began to decline markedly. The Israeli government, unlike the previous three coronavirus waves, has not introduced a lockdown, closed schools, or curtailed cultural events or store operations.

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Israeli experts point out that Europe is struggling with what was Israel’s problem in the summer, before the booster dose began. Inhabitants of our continent who received the second dose of the vaccine a few months ago are starting to show a decline in immunity. About 65 percent received two doses of the vaccine. the population of the European Economic Area – a region that includes Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, and the countries of the European Union – but vaccination has slowed down in recent months.

– The decline in immunity after the second dose is already confirmed and occurs in all age groups – said Prof. Nadav Davidovitch, chairman of the Department of Public Health at Ben-Gurion University and the Israeli Association of Public Health Physicians. He added that the increase in infections in Europe is “a combination of the strength of the Delta variant and declining immunity after vaccination”.

Prof. Eyal Leshem, director of the Center for Travel and Tropical Disease Medicine at Sheba Medical Center, noted that countries with high vaccination rates «Were able to prevent the current wave of infection by offering a booster dose to the entire population, not just to the elderly».

Booster dose – other countries decide

The effectiveness of the booster dose is told not only by experts from Israel. This was recently mentioned by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. In an interview, he said that Israel’s actions showed the necessity and effects of giving a third dose of the vaccine to people already vaccinated by two.

Other countries decide to administer a booster dose or expand the group eligible for vaccination. Norway has so far offered a third dose to people 65 years of age and older, will now be given to anyone 18 years of age or older. Italy will be giving the third dose from December 1 to people 40 and older. The UK government, on the other hand, will extend the booster vaccination campaign to people aged 40 to 49.

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In Poland, the third dose, additional in the case of immunocompromised people and a booster for all adults, was started in September. The former was accepted by almost 18 by November 305. people, supplementary dose – 1 million 466 thousand.

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