UNI-MB - logo
UMNIK - logo
 
E-resources
Full text
Peer reviewed Open access
  • Effectiveness of BNT162b2 V...
    Glatman-Freedman, Aharona; Bromberg, Michal; Hershkovitz, Yael; Sefty, Hanna; Kaufman, Zalman; Dichtiar, Rita; Keinan-Boker, Lital

    Emerging infectious diseases, 05/2022, Volume: 28, Issue: 5
    Journal Article

    We estimated vaccine effectiveness (VE) of the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech, https://www.pfizer.com) booster dose against SARS-CoV-2 infection and reduction of complications (hospitalization, severe disease, and death) among breakthrough cases in persons in Israel >16 years of age for <20 weeks. VE estimates reached 96.8% (95% CI 96.0%-97.5%) for persons 16-59 years of age and 93.1% (95% CI 91.8%-94.2%) for persons >60 years of age on week 3. VE estimates remained at these levels for 8 weeks in the 16-59 age group and 11 weeks in those >60. A slow decline followed, becoming more pronounced in the last 2-3 weeks of evaluation. Estimates in the last week of evaluation were 77.6% (95% CI 68.4%-84.2%) and 61.3% (52.5%-68.4%) for persons 16-59 years and >60 years, respectively. The more pronounced VE decline coincided with rapid increase in Omicron variant activity. Rate reduction of breakthrough complications remained moderate to high throughout the evaluation.