In Slovakia, a total of 13,000 people died of Covid, and almost 4,600 more were infected. The vaccine does not protect everyone equally – Startitup

The total number of people vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine is 2,497,287, with 1,695 more vaccinated the previous day. Informs NCZI.

Vaccine protection

The Ministry of Health reminds that vaccinated people end up in the hospital 10 times less often than unvaccinated people. This is true on average, but depending on several factors, the level of protection may not be the same for everyone.

“According to current studies, it depends mainly on the time elapsed since the second dose, the age of the vaccinated and the associated diseases. It is therefore of the utmost importance that individuals at increased risk of severe COVID-19 increase their immune protection by receiving a third dose. “

This can be given 6 months after the second dose. The elderly are a particularly vulnerable group because they were generally among the first to be vaccinated. “The older the age and the longer the time since the second dose, the more important the third dose.”

According to study Israeli scientists increase the third dose of protection against the severe course of the disease almost 20 times. At the same time, it provides a significant increase in the level of protection against the infection itself, ie against the potential transmission of infection.

“Therefore, warn your loved ones not to delay the vaccination with the third dose. Register for the 3rd dose you can here. “

The total number of coronavirus deaths worldwide has exceeded five million, TASS reported on Thursday, according to its calculations based on official statements from the authorities and the conclusions of experts and the media.

“To date, 5,002,643 deaths have been documented worldwide due to the disease COVID-19, which is comparable to the population of Rome and Paris combined. In total, the virus has been detected in more than 245 million people since the onset of the pandemic, said TASS.

A new type of coronavirus was first identified in late 2019 in the Central Chinese city of Wu-chan. China denies the possibility that the coronavirus came from a laboratory in Wuhan. On the contrary, he argues that the World Health Organization (WHO) should pay more attention to US military laboratories in this regard.

Russia is burning

The Russian authorities have recorded 40,096 new cases of coronavirus infection in recent days, the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic. They also recorded a record daily number of deaths in the country on Thursday, 1,159. AFP and AP reported.

Overall, Russia has died of the disease since the beginning of the pandemic COVID-19 already more than 235 thousand people, which is the most among all European countries. So far, they have recorded more than 8.39 million cases of the disease in the country.

Record numbers of coronavirus-related deaths and deaths have been reported in Russia for several weeks. In the Russian capital Moscow, a ten-day holiday period begins, during which not all companies and organizations will work.

Exceptions will be institutions ensuring the functioning of infrastructure, non-stop businesses, pharmacies or grocery stores.

However, the new pandemic measures will soon take effect throughout the country. Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikov’s proposal to introduce non-working days throughout Russia from October 30 to November 7.

He also called on citizens to be vaccinated. According to the authorities, the reason for the sharp increase in new cases of infection and death is the low vaccination rate against coronavirus.

By Thursday, only 32% of the population in Russia had been fully vaccinated, according to data from the web server gogov.ru, which collects data from individual regions of the country.

Sources: NCZI, MZSR, TASR, AFP