Israel Conducts 4th COVID-19 Vaccine Dose for Medical Staff
![Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (center). [Image source=Yonhap News]](http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/img_view.htm?img=2021122721352977627_1640608529.jpg)
[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] Israel has begun testing the efficacy of the 4th dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on its medical staff.
On the 27th (local time), Bloomberg and other foreign media reported that Israel will administer the 4th dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to 150 medical personnel affiliated with the Sheba Medical Center located in a suburb of Tel Aviv.
These medical staff received their 3rd dose before August 20 and are currently known to have low antibody levels. An official from the Israeli Ministry of Health stated, "We will confirm the necessity of the 4th COVID vaccine dose by verifying the degree of antibody formation and vaccine safety."
Professor Jacob Lavi of the Medical Center said, "We expect the 4th dose to show preventive effects even against the Omicron variant."
Hot Picks Today
!["It Has Now Crossed Borders": No Vaccine or Treatment as Bundibugyo Ebola Variant Spreads [Reading Science]](https://cwcontent.asiae.co.kr/asiaresize/93/2026052019230771274_1779272587.jpg)
"It Has Now Crossed Borders": No Vaccine or Treatment as Bundibugyo Ebola Variant Spreads [Reading Science]
- "Stocks Are Not Taxed, but Annual Crypto Gains Over 2.5 Million Won to Be Taxed Next Year... Investors Push Back"
- "Even With a 90 Million Won Salary and Bonuses, It Doesn’t Feel Like Much"... A Latecomer Rookie Who Beat 70 to 1 Odds [Scientists Are Disappearing] ③
- "Am I Really in the Top 30%?" and "Worried About My Girlfriend in the Bottom 70%"... Buzz Over High Oil Price Relief Fund
- "Who Is Visiting Japan These Days?" The Once-Crowded Tourist Spots Empty Out... What's Happening?
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will be used in this trial.
© The Asia Business Daily(www.asiae.co.kr). All rights reserved.
