Pfizer’s effectiveness falls to 64 per cent in Israel

The effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine against Covid19 has dropped to 64 per cent in Israel the countryrsquos Ministry of Health saidThe new figure refers to the period between June 6 and July 3 and it is significantly lower than the effectiveness rate of 943 per cent in protection against infection measured between May 2 and June 5 Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry as saying on MondayIt noted that the decline was observed along with the spread of the Delta variant in IsraelHowever the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing hospitalisations and severe Coronavirus disease is currently estimated at 93 per cent in IsraelThe Ministry currently promotes the administration of a third vaccine dose to those who have suffered a functional decline in the immune system but there is currently no decision to launch a third dose campaign for the entire populationSince the start of the vaccination campaign in Israel on December 20 2020 over 565 million people or 606 per cent of the population have received the first dose of the vaccine while 518 million have received the second doseUK to be free of Covid curbs from July 19Meanwhile most Coronavirus restrictions are set to end on July 19 as part of the final step of Englandrsquos roadmap out of the lockdown British PM Boris Johnson confirmed on Monday Face masks and distancing rules will no longer be legally required in England from July 19 Johnson told a news conference at Downing Street The rule of six inside private homes will also be removed and workfromhome guidance will be scrapped said the Prime MinisterAlso ReadlsquoThird wave peak will not exceed 2nd wave casesrsquoS Korea reports 81 lsquobreakthroughrsquo casesSouth Korea reported a total of 81 ldquobreakthroughrdquo Covid19 cases which refer to people who were infected after having been fully vaccinated health authorities said on Tuesday The number of the fully vaccinated people who were infected with Covid has reached 81 according to the Central Disease Control Headquarters7037 of Irelandrsquos cases are of Delta variantsThe Delta variant now accounts for 70 per cent of the confirmed cases in Ireland said a senior public health official Tony Holohan chief medical officer of the Irish Department of Health made the remarks on Monday evening The statement said that 365 new confirmed cases of Covid19 were reported in Ireland on MondayIsrael to send 7L vax doses to S KoreaIsrael is sending 700000 Coronavirus vaccine doses to South Korea in exchange for a future shipment of the jabs Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday In a statement Bennett said Israel will transfer the Pfizer vaccines to South Korea in an effort to inoculate more of the Asian nationrsquos citizens this month South Korea will return the same number of doses to Israel as soon as September he added ldquoThis is a winwin dealrdquo Bennett said in his statementGermany to ease travel restrictionsGermany is easing strict restrictions on travel from Britain Portugal and some other countries that were imposed because of the rise of the more contagious Delta virus variant Germanyrsquos national disease control centre the Robert Koch Institute said late on Monday that Britain Portugal Russia India and Nepal will be removed from the countryrsquos highest risk category of ldquovirus variant areasrdquoAlso ReadWill Bhiwandirsquos looms ever get going again139199No of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours184285579Total no of cases worldwide3987062Total no of deaths worldwideSource WHOJohns HopkinsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever