March 25, 2021

BNT162b2 MRNA Covid-19 Vaccine Effectiveness among Health Care Workers

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Vaccines and Immunity

Keywords (Tags): vaccines

• Weekly incidence of COVID-19 among healthcare workers (HCWs) in a two-campus medical center in Jerusalem steadily declined after commencement of two-dose vaccinations with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in December 2020. Decline in incidence occurred despite a surge of the B.1.1.7 variant (up to 80% of cases) within the community.

Benenson et al. (Mar 23, 2021). BNT162b2 MRNA Covid-19 Vaccine Effectiveness among Health Care Workers. New England Journal of Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2101951