An Israeli government advisory committee has recommended offering the fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to all adults, provided that it has been at least five months since they received the third or recovered from the disease, the ministry of health said Tuesday. Israeli health.
The implementation of the provision, which would greatly expand the admissibility of the fourth dosem, now limited to the over 60s and other high-risk groups, is subject to the approval of the director general of the ministry. It is not clear when this will happen.
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The recommendation comes in light of the results of studies done on who received the fourth dose. The data shows that those who received a fourth vaccine were three to five times more protected against serious diseases and twice as protected against contagion than those who were vaccinated three times.
Israel’s opening is significant because the country has been at the forefront of experimenting with solutions to stem Covid since the beginning of the pandemic, from vaccination for the entire population to the introduction of the Green Pass.
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