Among fully vaccinated Norwegians, 26 have been hospitalised with COVID-19, whereas another 19 have died. According to Assistant Health Director Espen Rostrup Nakstad, this proves that the vast majority is well-protected against serious illness.
In Norway, a total of 450 fully vaccinated people have been diagnosed with coronavirus, the National Institute of Public Health (FHI) has reported.
According to FHI chief physician Sara Viksmoen Watle, the 450 infected individuals make up 0.03 percent of those fully vaccinated.
“The incidence of such breakthrough infections among the fully vaccinated is very low”, Watle told national broadcaster NRK. Yet, Watle and Assistant Health Director Espen Rostrup Nakstad emphasised that the vaccines don’t provide 100-percent protection against the infection.
“This figure confirms that the vaccines’ effect against COVID-19 is not 100 percent. We know that about one in ten vaccinated will be able to test positive after virus exposure. Fortunately, few of them get a serious illness since most people, after all, have a fairly good effect of the vaccine”, Nakstad told NRK.
Among the 450 diagnosed with COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated, 26 have been admitted to hospital. Of them, 21 belong to risk groups with a high to moderate risk of a serious course of COVID-19, with most being aged 75 and over.
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