25% OF THE PLANET IS NOW FULLY VACCINATED
Internationally, the world has just surpassed 5 billion vaccinations administered, meaning 25% of the planet is now fully vaccinated!
HOSPITALISATION RATE FOR THE UNVACCINATED VS VACCINATED IN THE US
Graph that illustrates perfectly the power of vaccines and the risk of hospitalisation in the unvaccinated.
ISRAEL’S COVID-19 VACCINE BOOSTERS SHOW SIGNS OF TAMING DELTA
Less than a month into a COVID-19 vaccine booster drive, Israel is seeing signs of an impact on the country’s high infection and severe illness rates fuelled by the fast-spreading Delta variant, officials and scientists say.
The rate of disease spread among vaccinated people age 60 and over – known as the reproduction rate – began falling steadily around Aug. 13 and has dipped below 1, indicating that each infected person is transmitting the virus to fewer than one other person. A reproduction rate of less than 1 means an outbreak is subsiding.
PFIZER’S COVID VACCINE GETS FULL APPROVAL FROM THE FDA
The Food and Drug Administration has formally approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The widely anticipated decision replaces the emergency use authorization granted by the agency last December.
This is the first COVID-19 vaccine to be subject to a full review by the U.S. regulator and to get an approval that puts the vaccine on par with other marketed vaccines.
ASTRAZENECA’S ANTIBODY THERAPY PREVENTS COVID, STUDY SHOWS
AstraZeneca’s new antibody therapy reduced the risk of people developing Covid-19 symptoms by 77% in a late-stage trial, putting the drugmaker on track to offer protection to those who respond poorly to vaccines.
