Covid vaccines, the latest data on effectiveness and immunization times are encouraging. “The risks of Sars-CoV-2 infection, hospitalization, admission to intensive care and death decrease rapidly” in people vaccinated against Covid-19, emerges from the report of the Higher Institute of Health and the Ministry of Health on the Impact of Covid-19 vaccination on the risk of Sars-CoV-2 infection and subsequent hospitalization and death in Italy ‘. “After the first two weeks and up to about 35 days after the first dose. After 35 days there is a stabilization of this reduction which is about 80% for the risk of diagnosis, 90% for the risk of hospitalization and admission to intensive care e 95% for the risk of death“The report refers to about 14 million vaccinated with at least one dose, almost a quarter of the Italian population.
The effects of vaccines are “similar in both men and women and in people of different age groups. Similar hospitalization reductions are also observed for healthcare workers and RSA guests.” Not only. “From 105-112 days after vaccination, a further reduction in the risk of diagnosis is observed, with a similar effect in men, women and people in different age groups. At the moment there are no increases in the risk of diagnosis during the of longer observation after vaccination, this suggests protracted protection over time, “highlights the report.