Israeli study: 2nd vaccine booster significantly lowers COVID-19 death rate

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JERUSALEM: Senior citizens who received a second booster of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination had a 78 per cent lower mortality rate from the disease than those who got one only, a study from Israel showed on Sunday (Mar 27). The country\u0027s largest healthcare provider, Clalit Health Services, said

JERUSALEM: Senior citizens who received a second booster of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination had a 78 per cent lower mortality rate from the disease than those who got one only, a study from Israel showed on Sunday .

Some 58 per cent of participants had received a second booster - or two shots in addition to the basic two-shot regimen. The remainder had received only one booster. Researchers recorded 92 deaths among the first group and 232 deaths among the second, smaller group.

 

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