Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shot stops covid spread – Israeli Study

The Pfizer/ BioNTech jointly developed COVID-19 vaccine appeared to prevent the vast majority of recipients in Israel from being infected, Bloomberg reports after seeing a copy of a draft publication that was posted on Twitter and confirmed by a person familiar with the latest Israeli study.

Key takeaways

“The vaccine, which is being rolled out in a national immunization program that began Dec. 20, was 89.4% effective at preventing laboratory-confirmed infections.”

“If confirmed, the early results on lab-tested infections are encouraging because they indicate the vaccine may also prevent asymptomatic carriers from spreading the virus that causes Covid-19.“

“Israeli authorities on Saturday said the Pfizer-BioNTech shot was 99% effective at preventing deaths from the virus.”