Posted on 07/28/21
| News Source: i24
People who already took third vaccine dose show no abnormal side effects
Data collected from people in Israel who have already received a third vaccine dose against COVID-19 shows no abnormal side effects from the booster shot, Hebrew-language newspaper Israel Hayom reports.
The internal data, reportedly presented to senior Health Ministry officials, finds that it is safe to administer the third jab six months after the second dose — an important indicator as the government moves closer to approving an expansion of the booster shot beyond severely immunocompromised individuals to older adults.
The data was taken from around 2,000 Israelis who got the booster shot over the past two weeks at hospitals and clinics across the country.
The results show no additional side effects beyond those recorded from the first and second doses, including fever and pain around the area of injection which usually passes in hours or days.
The Health Ministry on Wednesday reported 2,260 new daily COVID-19 cases as the upward trend continues that started in late June following the introduction of the highly contagious delta variant into the country.
A total of 153 serious or critically ill patients were listed as of Wednesday morning, including 35 in critical condition and 28 on respirators.
More than 5.3 million people in Israel have received two vaccine doses.