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TEL AVIV, KOMPAS.com – More than 200 Israelis received a positive diagnosis for Covid-19, a few days after receiving the injection of the corona virus vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech.
According to local media reports Channel 13 News that was released Russian today On Friday (1/1/2021), the number of infected with Covid-19 despite having been vaccinated was around 240 people.
This infection can still occur because the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine used by Israel takes time to train the immune system to recognize and fight disease.
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The corona vaccine made in the United States (USA) requires two injections to function optimally.
According to research, immunity to Covid-19 increases 8 to 10 days after the first injection and that’s only 50 percent.
The second injection was given 21 days after the first, and 95 percent immunity was achieved a week later, as stated by Pfizer-BioNTech.
Therefore, there is still a 5 percent chance of contracting Covid-19 even though a full dose has been injected.
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Then the Israeli news agencies urged the public to remain vigilant and obey all health protocols to prevent Covid-19.
The country headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently carrying out large-scale vaccinations and more than 1 million people or nearly 12 percent of the population have already been vaccinated.
That figure is the largest per capita range in the world according to the University of Oxford.
In the first stage, Israel prioritized health workers (health workers) and the elderly and then expanded it to other categories.
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About 1 in 1,000 people report mild side effects after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine, such as weakness, dizziness, fever, pain, swelling, and redness at the injection site.
Still, only a dozen of them should receive medical care, the Israeli Health Ministry said.
Since vaccines began on December 20, at least four people in Israel have died shortly after the injection, according to television reports. MAY.
However, the Israeli Health Ministry highlighted that three deaths were not related to the coronavirus vaccine and a fourth case was being investigated, an 88-year-old grandfather with another illness.
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