Corona vaccine and heart infections .. new study says “very low percentage”

In recent months, a link has been observed between coronavirus vaccines that rely on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology and certain heart infections, but a new study has found them to be “very rare cases. “, According to the” Times of Israel “site.

An Israeli study conducted by Clalit, Israel’s largest healthcare provider, with Beilinson Medical Center, concluded that the risk of developing myocarditis and inflammation of the lining around the heart is “very low.”

The study drew on data from 2.5 million Israelis who were vaccinated, and 94% of them received two doses of the vaccine.

He found that this type of infection occurred in 54 people (51 men and three women), an average of 2.13 out of 100,000 people who received the vaccine. Of these, 98 percent of the cases were mild, 76 percent were moderate, and 22 percent were without any damage to heart function.

The study found that one in 2.5 million people had a serious illness requiring hospitalization and then recovered.

And watch for heart inflammation in younger men, after the second dose, because the study found that 69% of cases were infected after the second dose, and most of them were men and in the d group. age 16-29.

In turn, Beilinson Center researcher Ran Kornovsky confirmed that this case is “relatively rare”, describing the study’s results as “important”.

In early October, health officials in Canada said there was data indicating that rare cases of heart infection were relatively more common in people vaccinated with the Moderna Corona vaccine, compared to people vaccinated with the. Pfizer Biontech vaccines.

A statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada said the majority of those infected had relatively mild symptoms and recovered quickly.

The statement added that the risk of heart complications, including inflammation of the heart, has been found to increase dramatically after a corona infection.

In contrast, regulators in the United States, the European Union, and the World Health Organization stress that the benefits of vaccination to prevent corona always outweigh the risks.

About 37% of Israel’s 9.4 million people received a third booster dose. The number of Covid-19 patients who have been transferred to hospitals for severe cases has declined in recent days, and the number of confirmed daily infections has dropped to less than four thousand after surpassing ten thousand last September.