Iss: vaccine protects 77% from infection and over 90% from hospitalization

The data: 77.2% efficacy to avoid infection, 94.9% protection from hospitalization in intensive care The vaccine against covid in Italy protects 77.2% from infection and is useful for 92.6% to avoid hospitalization and to “94.9% in preventing intensive care”. These are the data contained in the report of the Higher Institute of Health (Iss) on the progress of the Covid epidemic, updated on 29 September and released today. In Italy, considering the last 6 months, the effectiveness of the vaccine is equal to “77.2% in preventing infection”, “92.6% in preventing hospitalization” and “94.9% in preventing intensive care “. The one photographed by the graph contained in the report is the estimate of the efficacy in relation to covid cases diagnosed, hospitalized, hospitalized in intensive care and deceased, in the Italian population over 12 years of age. The period to which it refers is 4 April-26 September 2021.