Jerusalem, 4 Jan (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Bennett announced on the 4th that preliminary research results show that antibodies in the body will increase by about 5 times after a week of vaccination with the fourth dose of the new crown vaccine.
Bennett inspected the Israeli Sheba Medical Center on the 4th and listened to the preliminary research results of the center on the efficacy of the fourth dose of the new crown vaccine. Subsequently, Bennett told the media that "after receiving the fourth dose of the new crown vaccine for one week, the antibodies in the blood will increase by about 5 times", which means that the people who receive the fourth dose of the new crown vaccine will be better protected than the unvaccinated, and the possibility of contracting the new crown virus and developing severe disease is reduced. Simply put, a fourth dose of the vaccine is safe and "very likely" to be protective.
Bennett announced on the 2nd that the Ministry of Health has approved the fourth dose of the new crown vaccine for people over 60 years old and medical workers. The Ministry of Health approved a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine for immunocompromised people in the country at the end of last month.
Recently, the COVID-19 epidemic in Israel has rebounded sharply. According to the data released by the Ministry of Health on the 4th, there were 10,815 new confirmed cases of new crown in the country on the same day, with a cumulative total of about 1.41 million confirmed cases and 8,247 cumulative deaths. Of the country's approximately 9.4 million people, about 6.59 million have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, about 5.94 million have completed two doses of vaccination, and about 4.28 million have received a third dose of booster. (End)
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