The third dose of the vaccine against covid neutralizes the omicron variant, according to the ENECovid study, presented by the director of the Carlos III Health Institute, Cristóbal Belda
Araceli, a 96-year-old woman, resident at the Los Olmos center for the elderly in Guadalajara, the first to be vaccinated in Spain against the coronavirus on December 27, 2020/EFE/Pepe Zamora POOL
The third dose of the covid vaccine neutralizes the omicron variant
Belda presented the first results of this study by the Carlos III Institute, at a press conference, at the Palacio de la Moncloa, together with the Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, after the meeting of the Interterritorial Health Council.
“Clearly there are new antibodies after the third dose, both in people who have had the covid infection and those who have not”, according to research carried out in a study with 1,200 people over 65 years of age who have received this reinforcement of the vaccination schedule, Belda said.
“And these antibodies – he continued – are ten times more effective against omicron than in people who do not receive the third dose. Cellular immunity remains stable with the third dose.”
“The antibodies work, in the delta variant 17 times more, and in omicron, 10”, added the director of the Carlos III Health Institute.
Cristóbal Belda has concluded: “The third dose neutralizes the omicron variant. These are first results and more will come, but the efficacy of the third dose is relevant compared to ómicron».
Evolution of vaccination
The minister has recalled the basic data on the evolution of vaccination against covid.
The number of people over 12 years of age with a complete immunization schedule is 90.6 percent.
People over 60 years of age who have already received the third dose are 88.9 percent.
The children between 5 and 11 years who have received the first dose are 46 percent.
“Must continue reinforcing vaccination at all ages”, said Darias, who recalled that since last week those over 18 years of age can inject the third dose against SARS-CoV-2, and has called for the acceleration of vaccination, especially between 40 and 59 years old.
“Vaccines save lives; They protect us against serious illness from the virus, hospitalization, admission to the ICU and death,” he added.
Between 60 and 79 years of age, in vaccinated people there are six times fewer hospitalizations, 29 times fewer admissions to intensive care units and 20 times fewer deaths from covid, the minister has completed.
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