Israel struggling with the Delta variant: infections rise and the effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine decreases

JERUSALEM – The Delta variant of Covid, currently the cause of 90% of infections in Israel, appears to have a significant impact on the effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines. According to data from the Israeli Ministry of Health released by the daily Ynet today, in recent weeks there has been a decline in the effectiveness of vaccination coverage in the country where the immunization rate is the highest in the world.