Booster jab offers considerable protection against hospital, RIVM says

Booster injections are extremely effective at preventing hospitalisations for coronavirus, says Dutch public health institute RIVM, after studying hospital figures over a two month period. However, the results may now be different because the research focused mainly on the Delta variant of the virus, while more infectious Omicron is now dominant in the Netherlands. The RIVM researchers said someone who had a booster had a five times lower chance of being admitted to hospital than someone who has been vaccinated,...