A first survey over vaccine effectiveness in Romania

A vaccinated person enjoys a protection ten times higher than one unvaccinated says a first survey on the effectiveness of anti-Covid vaccines in Romania

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Mihai Pelin, 18.08.2021, 14:00

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to
create problems worldwide. According to WHO, the world runs the risk of losing its
fight against the Coronavirus. Due to the new variants and other factors, many
countries are in for new outbreaks. The virus continues to spread against the
background of eased travel and gathering restrictions of not complying with
safety measures and the unfair access to vaccines. Authorities say that
vaccination remains the best solution to containing the virus in Romania.

Physician Valeriu Gheorghita, coordinator of the country’s vaccine rollout, has
presented a first preliminary survey on the effectiveness of anti-Covid-19
vaccination. According to data released, vaccinated people benefit from
increased protection and their chances to develop a severe form of the disease
are considerably lower. Furthermore, a single dose proves to have an
effectiveness of 67%, which may increase to 92% in the case of those fully
vaccinated, enabling them to avoid hospitalization.

The aforementioned survey
shows that the risk for fully vaccinated individuals to be admitted to
hospitals is 12 times lower. Besides, immunization reduces 14 times the risk of
being killed by the virus, with an effectiveness of 93% in the case of fully
vaccinated people. The survey was carried on four months, from February until
the end of May. And data released by other countries shows a vaccine
effectiveness over 90% even in the case of the Delta variant when it comes to
preventing hospitalization, severe cases and fatalities, Valeriu Gheorghita
went on to say.

According to France Press, half of the EU population had been fully
vaccinated against Covid-19 by early August. Out of the 27 member states, 13
had already exceeded the 50% threshold, after the model of the four most
populous countries in the bloc: Spain (58%), Italy (54%), France (53%) and
Germany (52%). The countries with the largest number of fully vaccinated people
were Malta (74%) and Belgium (59%). At the other end of the ranking is Bulgaria
with 14%, which is surpassed only by Romania where only a little over 5 million
of its people have been fully vaccinated.

Only four types of anti-Covid vaccine
have so far been approved by the European Union: Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna,
AstraZeneca-Oxford and Johnson&Johnson. Hungary and Slovakia have been
using vaccines made in Russia and China, which aren’t approved by the European
Medicines Agency though.

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