The team of experts: recommended a fourth vaccine against Corona for adults over the age of 60

The team of experts in the treatment of epidemics in the Ministry of Health has recommended a fourth vaccine against Corona for adults over the age of 60 and for medical staff. The recommendation is subject to the approval of the Director-General of the Ministry of Health and at this stage, it appears that the fourth vaccine will be possible, but probably not necessarily recommended.
The Corona Virus Information Center said: "Epidemic treatment team members recommend giving a fourth dose to people aged 60 and over and immunocompromised, provided four months have passed from the third dose; a fourth dose has been given to health care workers, provided four months have passed from the third dose; After a second dose, instead of five months, as part of the preparations for the fifth wave. "
"This is wonderful news that will help us overcome the wave of the omicron that is sweeping the world," Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said of the IDF's decision. The citizens of Israel were the first in the world to receive the third vaccine, and we continue to lead even with the fourth vaccine.
"I call on everyone who meets the criteria set by the committee members - go out and get vaccinated," Bennett added. "Take responsibility for the health and livelihood of us all. Vaccines save lives. To the citizens of Israel, my message is - do not waste time, go out and get vaccinated."
In accordance with the decision of the IDF, the Prime Minister, in a conversation with Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, senior officials of his ministry and the heads of the Maccabi, national, general and unified HMOs, instructed to prepare for a comprehensive vaccination campaign for all adults over 60, with emphasis on the Magen Avot project and the medical staff. In Israel.
At a meeting of the Corona Cabinet earlier yesterday, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked made a proposal to allow anyone who wants to receive a fourth vaccine, "at his own risk." This was said following remarks by the Minister of Internal Security, Amar Bar-Lev, who claimed - contrary to official announcements by the companies, that he "hears from the experts that even with a third vaccine there is no vaccine for this omicron".
"The Ministry of Health should come up with a proposal for drugs and a fourth vaccine," Bar-Lev added. "Obviously we should not say that. I think the Ministry of Health should come within a week with a clear statement if possible. Do not invent, do not leave the matter of drugs and the fourth vaccine in the air, because it is in the air."
A new study establishes the impressive effectiveness of the booster vaccine among immunosuppressants: according to its results, the booster 40 times increases the amount of antibodies among immunosuppressants compared to the rest of the population. The study conducted at Assuta Public Hospital in Ashdod by Dr. Avital Angel-Korman, Director of the Dialysis Unit, Prof. Adi Leiba, Deputy Director of the Hospital, and Dr. Tal Brosh, Director of the Infectious Diseases Unit at the Hospital, examined the effect The booster on 61 dialysis patients and checked the amount of antibodies in their blood after receiving the second and third vaccines.
The results clearly show that while the second vaccine is effective for a relatively short period of time - the effectiveness of the third vaccine among immunosuppressants lasts much longer. "These data mean that chronic patients whose level of protection was very low following the second vaccine jumped 40 times the levels of antibodies after the third vaccine, and reached a level of protection similar to the rest of the population," explains Prof. Leiba. "Instead of talking about the fourth vaccine, we should get 100% vaccination among all people, but if we are talking about the vaccine-suppressed, we should make sure that everyone gets vaccinated."
Dr. Brosh added: "Recent data show that protection against the omicron variant requires a particularly high level of antibodies - one that is probably only achieved after the booster."