Covid, Israel study: "With three doses down infections and serious cases"

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September 19, 2021 Cases of contagion and serious illness drop "substantially" with the third Pfizer dose. This is underlined by a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, based on data from the Israeli Ministry of Health.

The infection rate, he notes, at least 12 days after the 'booster', is "11.3 times" lower than the two doses while "the severe disease rate is 19.5" times lower.

The study was conducted from July 30 to August 31 on 1.13 million over 60s who had completed immunization 5 months earlier, divided into two groups: those who received the third dose and those who received two.