Only 0.05% fully vaccinated healthcare workers got severe Covid: Fortis

Study covered over 16,000 healthcare workers across Fortis hospitals in India

Only 0.05 per cent of vaccinated healthcare workers got severe Covid that required intensive care, showed a recent study released by Fortis Healthcare. This represents real-world data on the impact of the Covid-19 vaccination. Fortis, however, did not share the details of vaccine-wise response.

The study covered over 16,000 healthcare workers across Fortis hospitals in the country (barring their Dehradun facility), who were administered both first and second doses of the vaccine between January 2021 and May 2021. Fortis said that this period included the ‘peak’ of the second wave when India was recording 350,000-400,000 daily Covid-19 cases and the