Data from the new study were released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on September 17, just a few hours before a scientific advisory committee of the US Food and Drug Administration
According to research by the US CDC, within a period of two weeks to four months after the second dose, the Pfizer vaccine’s effectiveness in preventing hospitalization is 91%.
US health officials are planning to deploy enhanced Covid-19 vaccinations in the context of an increase in the number of infections due to the Delta strain that can spread quickly.
The Delta variant has increased the number of hospitalizations and deaths in the US recently, mostly in people who have not been vaccinated.
American medical staff administered Covid-19 vaccine to an 84-year-old woman in Los Angeles, California, USA on March 3.
Dr. Peter Marks, one of the FDA’s top officials, on September 17 admitted that there are many different opinions about the necessity of booster shots and asked those participating in the debate to consider the epidemic situation in Vietnam.
`We are committed to focusing on the science,` Marks said.
Pfizer, the manufacturer of the Covid-19 vaccine called Comirnaty, has submitted data analyzing the results of a late-stage clinical trial with 300 participants.
The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee is reviewing data from Israel, which began giving booster shots to people 12 years and older in August, after vaccinating groups 60 and older.
A report by the Israeli scientific community published on September 15 said that among 1.1 million people over 60 years old who received a full course of treatment 5 months earlier, those who received booster shots had a low risk of infection or
The Israeli Ministry of Health said that immunity in all age groups decreased by July, especially in the group 60 years and older who were vaccinated in January. Israel recorded 1,211,443 cases of infection and 7,494 deaths,
The world has recorded 228,219,079 nCoV infections and 4,687,164 deaths, an increase of 501,671 and 7,976 respectively, while 203,097,879 people have recovered, according to real-time statistics site Worldometers.
India, the second largest epidemic area in the world, reported an additional 11,964 cases and 153 deaths, for a total of 33,392,486 and 444,431 cases.
India on September 17 administered 22.6 million vaccine shots, a record and three times the average daily number of shots over the past three months, when some states organized special vaccination drives to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra’s birthday.
The Indian Ministry of Health called the new vaccination record in the country a gift to Prime Minister Modi on the occasion of his turning 71. `Every Indian will be proud of the record number of vaccinations today,` Modi posted on
India’s old vaccination record was set on August 31 with 14.1 million shots.
An Indian government source said SII will provide 200 million AstraZeneca vaccine shots in September, an increase of about 50 million shots compared to the previous month.
India has administered more than 792 million vaccine shots, at least 62% of the 944 million adults in the South Asian country have received at least one shot and 21% have completed the two-shot course.
