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Evening Standard
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Emma Loffhagen

Fourth Covid jab raises resistance to serious illness for over-60s in Israel

A fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine given to over-60s in Israel made them three times more resistant to serious illness than people with just one booster in the same age group, Israel's Health Ministry said on Sunday.

The ministry also said the fourth dose, or second booster, made people over 60 twice as resistant to infection than those in the age group who received three shots of the vaccine.

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