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Breakthrough infections of fully vaccinated people do occur, but they are rare. RTL found out the numbers.
Of a total of 370,000 fully vaccinated people, 1,381 were infected with Sars-CoV-2.There are differences between the different vaccines. People who got the Moderna vaccine are least likely to be infected with 0.18%, while Pfizer, the other mRNA vaccine, is 0.32%, which is just below AstraZeneca with 0.42%.
The Johnson&Johnson vaccine has the highest (but still very low) rate with 0.86%.
The order of effectiveness corresponds to the numbers known from other countries.
The full data
Vaccine | fully vaccinated | Infections | percent |
BioNTech/Pfizer | 248,157 | 791 | 0.32 |
Johnson&Johnson | 36,890 | 316 | 0.86 |
AstraZeneca | 50,451 | 212 | 0.42 |
Moderna | 34,783 | 62 | 0.18 |
Total | 370,281 | 1,381 | 0.37 |
Source: Ministry of Health - status: 20.09.2021
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