Israel's Public Health Chief Says Evidence Points to Waning COVID Vaccine Immunity

'Previously we thought that fully vaccinated individuals are protected,' Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis tells CBS' Face the Nation, adding the coronavirus delta variant is '50 percent more infectious'

WASHINGTON – Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, Israel's director of public health services, said Sunday that evidence points to the waning immunity in the COVID-19 vaccine, saying her two biggest concerns with the delta variant relate to its level of infectiousness and the rising rate of vaccinated individuals testing positive.
"It's 50 percent more infectious than the previous variant, which was 50 percent more infectious than the original one," Alroy-Preis told CBS' Face the Nation, noting that a third of Israel's population has not been covered, particularly Israel's large population of non-vaccinated children.

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