Vaccine prevents 98.9% of COVID-19 deaths — Israel
By DW
23 February 2021 |
8:58 am
Citing Health Ministry data, Israel has also said that the rate of COVID-19 infections dropped massively among people who received both shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
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