Against the background of recent infection data, Dr. Nadav Sorek, director of the Laboratory of Microbiology and Outbreaks of Assuta Ashdod Public Hospital, says that the omicron strain “pushes the delta all over the world.”
According to Dr. Sorek, “The data we know shows a high adhesion rate of the omicron, up to four times that of the delta. On the other hand, according to various publications, it does not create a more serious illness. Nevertheless, it is too early to conclude that this is a good reality for humanity – even if the omicron strain causes a milder disease but infects many more people, the numbers will be offset and there will be an increase in people with serious illness and hospitalizations. Within a period of two to three weeks, we will be able to draw conclusions. We must hope for the good but expect the bad. “
At the same time, Magen David Adom continues to operate vaccine complexes in a variety of malls nationwide, as part of the national fight against the corona virus. At the request of the Ministry of Health, Magen David Adom teams have set up caravans and set up vaccination stations that are accessible to the general public – adults and children, in order to reduce the wave of morbidity and maintain the health of Israeli citizens.
The vaccination complexes operate in the Ayalon Mall (Ramat Gan), the Ofer Hasharon Mall (Netanya), the Ofer Grand Haifa Mall and the Ofer Bilu Center Mall (Kiryat Ekron) on Sundays-Thursdays from 10:30 in the morning until 20:00 in the evening and on Fridays between the hours 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Next week the activity will be expanded to more malls. In the past year, since the vaccines arrived in Israel, MDA has vaccinated more than one million and one hundred thousand vaccine doses in a variety of centers throughout the country.
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Meanwhile, experts at Beilinson’s large organ transplantation system have announced that they recommend considering a fourth vaccine for organ transplant recipients, in order to reduce the chances of infection in the corona. A large study was recently published in France among 31 organ transplants vaccinated with the fourth vaccine. The results of the study showed that 40% of the organ transplant recipients who did not develop any antibodies after the third vaccine, developed antibodies after the fourth vaccine.
Prof. Moti Kramer, director of the Beilinson Lung Division: “The fourth vaccine is essential for immunosuppressants. At the Organ Transplant Center we examined antibody levels after three vaccinations and saw that 50% of organ transplants do not have a sufficient level of protection against the corona. In addition, mortality in organ transplant recipients It is much higher if they are infected with corona. “
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