A study done in Israel has shown that a booster dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is able to prevent infections and severe illness in individuals aged above 60 years shortly after the jab.

The rates of confirmed COVID-19 and severe illness were found to be considerably lower among those who were administered a booster dose of the vaccine. Researchers accumulated data between July 30 and August 31 from the Ministry of Health database on 1,137,804 individuals aged 60 years or older who had been fully vaccinated at least 5 months earlier. At least 12 days following the booster dose, the rate of infection was found to be 11-times lower and the rate of severe disease was around 20-times lower in people who were given a booster shot, compared to those who had received only two vaccine doses. The findings are published in the New England Journal of Medicine… (ET Healthworld – IANS, September 17, 2021)