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Yavin4

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Fri May 14, 2021, 07:28 PM May 2021

Impact and effectiveness of mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 infections

Following the emergency use authorisation of the Pfizer–BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2 (international non-proprietary name tozinameran) in Israel, the Ministry of Health (MoH) launched a campaign to immunise the 6·5 million residents of Israel aged 16 years and older.



Two doses of BNT162b2 are highly effective across all age groups (?16 years, including older adults aged ?85 years) in preventing symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19-related hospitalisations, severe disease, and death, including those caused by the B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 variant.


The Lancet:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00947-8/fulltext



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