Five Israeli teams fighting for a COVID-19 cure
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Israeli scientists and researchers are racing to find a cure for COVID-19, as global consensus is forming among medical professionals that vaccination is not going to eliminate corona.
When Israel launched its mass vaccination campaign, there were many who believed there would no longer be a need for medication, Prof. Eli Schwartz, founder of the Center for Travel Medicine and Tropical Disease at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, told The Jerusalem Post.
“Now we know that this was an illusion,” he said. “Even in Israel, not everyone is taking the vaccine. There is quite a big population of youngsters under the age of 16 for whom it will be at least months until we have a vaccine.”
By Yakir Benzion, United With Israel
Israeli research teams are working around the clock to find cures for the most severe cases of coronavirus, the
While new vaccines prevent the coronavirus from spreading, they are not a cure for COVID-19.
Furthermore, the vaccines are not 100% effective, meaning some people already vaccinated will get sick. The mutating nature of the virus also means the threat is changing, and it could take years to vaccinate billions of people around the world.
Israel’s hospitals and universities are collaborating with the biotech industry to develop novel treatments and drugs to help solve the crisis and keep people out of hospitals, the report noted.