7% of Israel's serious COVID cases had three vaccine shots

• Author: MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
• Published date: 08 October 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

"I cannot say that 7% is a lot," Health Minister Director-General Prof. Nachman Ash told The Jerusalem Post. "The vaccine, even the third shot, does not work at 100%." He said that there are always a small percentage of people who do not develop full immunity, such as those who are immunosuppressed."

More than 3 million Israelis have been vaccinated. There were around 460 serious and critical cases on Friday, so 7% is around 32 people, meaning less than 0.000001 of people who have had a third shot are in serious condition.

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"This is even better than we could have expected," Ash said.

Another 17% were vaccinated with two shots more than six months ago, according to the data.

The majority (71%) were unvaccinated. The rest were recovered (3%), vaccinated and got sick before a full week had passed (2%) or recovered and vaccinated (1%).

Some 6.1 million Israelis have...