Vaccination against COVID-19 reduces the risk of hospitalization and severe course of the disease by 15 times - analysis of the Ministry of Health

According to preliminary data from the analysis of COVID-19 cases in Ukraine over the past three months, only 0.7% of people diagnosed with coronavirus disease were vaccinated with two doses of the anti-covid vaccine. And only 0.4% of hospitalized patients were fully vaccinated.

How it is calculated:

As of August 03, about 5.6% of the population of Ukraine was fully vaccinated, and 0.7% of patients were vaccinated. Therefore the risk of getting sick in unvaccinated people is [(100%-0.7%)/(100% - 5.6%)]/(0.7%/5.6%) = 8.42 times more. Similarly, the risk of getting sick with subsequent hospitalization in unvaccinated patients is [(100%-0.4%)/(100% - 5.6%)]/(0.4%/5.6%) = 14.77 times more.

Data sources:

According to the electronic health system for the period from May 10 to August 3, 2021; 99,583 cases of COVID-19 were registered among Ukrainians. 662 of them, or 0.66%, were vaccinated with two doses.

Among the 24,442 people hospitalized as a result of the coronavirus disease, only 95 people were fully vaccinated. This is 0.39% of all hospitalizations, respectively.

It should be noted that this is preliminary data. In addition, they do not take into account asymptomatic diseases and those cases in which people with COVID-19 did not do tests and did not seek medical help.

These statistics show that all vaccines used by Ukraine effectively prevent the severe course of the disease.

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You can find out where to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and how to register for vaccination, at vaccination.covid19.gov.ua or by calling the contact center of the Ministry of Health: 0 800 60 20 19.