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Jerusalem, Aug 1 (EFE/EPA).- Israel on Sunday started offering a third shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to people aged over 60, as part of an effort to slow down the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. (Camera: ABIR SULTAN). SHOT LIST: MEDICAL WORKERS INOCULATE THE OVER-60S WITH A THIRD SHOT OF COVID-19 VACCINE IN JERUSALEM, ISRAEL.
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine confers more than 50% protection against the virus within 10 days of receiving the first dose. Pfizer, which developed the vaccine with BioNTech, said the vaccine was more than 95% after 2 doses. The two vaccine doses are intended to be administered 21 days apart. According to UPI, data suggests that the vaccine is effective for everyone regardless of weight or age. The U.S. federal government has agreed to purchase enough of the vaccine to inoculate 50 million people.
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says the world is in a "race against time" to understand the new Covid variant, calling for precautions to give scientists time to analyse the Omicron strain. She speaks during a visit to Latvia with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg IMAGES
Passengers walk in a terminal at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands after authorities test whether 61 passengers who tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving from South Africa have the new Omicron strain. IMAGES
Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO's technical lead on the Covid-19 crisis, declares the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of Covid-19 to be a variant of concern, renaming it Omicron. SOUNDBITE
India starts giving booster vaccine shots to health workers and the elderly as the country undergoes an infection surge driven by the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the virus. IMAGES
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