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Reuters: Israel reports COVID sickness dropped 95.8% after both Pfizer shots

Published Feb. 21, 2021 at 5:17 am

A healthcare worker administers the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Israelis at the Maccabi Health Services drive-in vaccination center, in the northern coastal city of Haifa, on January 11, 2021. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

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The risk of illness from COVID-19 dropped 95.8% among people who received both shots of Pfizer’s vaccine, Israel’s Health Ministry said on Saturday. The vaccine was also 98% effective in preventing fever or breathing problems and 98.9% effective in preventing hospitalizations and death, the ministry said.