MILAN, Oct 20 (Reuters) – People vaccinated against COVID-19 are highly unlikely to die of the disease unless very old and already badly ill before getting it, a study in Italy showed on Wednesday.
The study by the national Health Institute (ISS), contained in a regular ISS report on COVID-19 deaths, shows the average age of people who died despite being vaccinated was 85. On average they had five underlying illnesses.
The average age of death among those not vaccinated was 78, with four pre-existing conditions.
Cases of heart problems, dementia and cancer were all found to be higher in the sample of deaths among those vaccinated.
The analysis, carried out from Feb. 1 to Oct. 5 this year, studied the medical records of 671 unvaccinated COVID fatalities and 171 fully vaccinated ones.
There were 38,096 COVID deaths in Italy during the period under review.
Among these, 33,620 were unvaccinated, 2,130 had received only a single-dose or were infected shortly after inoculation before antibodies had formed, and 1,440 were fully vaccinated.
Earlier this month Italy reached a target of fully vaccinating 80% of its population over the age of 12, a threshold the government had indicated as offering a significant degree of safety from the virus.Ā read more
Despite reaching this goal, from Oct. 15 the government made COVID-19 health passes mandatory for all workers, in a test case for Europe. The move has triggered sometimes violent protests in several cities, including the capital Rome.Ā read more
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Ko e kakai kuo huhu maluāi Koviti-19 āoku mÄāolunga āaupito āa e faingamÄlie heāikai ke nau mate kinautolu ia he mahakiā ni tukukehe ka kuo nau fuāu motuāa pe kuo āi ai hanau mahaki tauhi kuo tÅtuāa. āA ia ko e āavalisi e taāu motuāa ‘e āika ke nau kei matatali āa e Kovitiā ko e taāu 78 pea ko e mahaki tauhi ‘e āikai ke nau kei malava taāofia e vailasiā ni ‘oku mu’omu’a ai ‘a e kanisÄ, mahaki mafu mo e loto taāotaāomia pe dementia. Ko e ola āeni āa ha fakatotolo āa e vaāa fakafonua ki he moāuiā pe national Health Institute āa āItali. Ne kau foki āa āItali he lekooti kovi taha he mahakiā ni ki muāa he teāeki maāu āa e faitoāoā. āOku fenÄpasi āa e fakamatala ko āeni mei āItaliā mo e fakamatala āa e palÅfesa āokuā ne āanalaiso āa e ngaahi lipooti fakafaitoāo āa e CNN mei āAmelikaā Dr. Leana Wen, āa ia naāaā ne pehÄ āe ia, ko e faingamÄlie ke fakahaofi āe he faitoāoā pe vekisini ki hono maluāi āo e Kovitiā ha taha kuo āosi huhu maluāiā āoku tuāo 11 pe liuliunga tuāo 11 kae liunga ono āa e faingamalie ke āoua naāa lava e vailasi āo hÅ« ki ha sino āo ha taha kuo āosi huhu maluāi. Taimi tatau ko kinautolu kuo nau āosi foua āa e mahakiā ni pea nau hao moāui maiā āa ia ko e kakai āeni ne teāeki huhu ka ne nau sino moāui lelei pÄ. Ne nau kole mai ki he kakaiā ke nau Å huhu he kuo nau aāu tonu pea ne teāeki ke nau fetaulaki mo ha faingataāa pehÄ fau ki muāa tautefito ki he felangaaki lahi pea mo e faingataāa fau āenau mÄnava lahi e taimi ia kuo fakatautuāu āo nau pehÄ te nau mate kae mÄlÅ hono tokoniāi āaki kinautolu āa e mÄ«sini mÄnava kasaā lava ai ke nau toe mÄnava. Pea ko āenau akeā pe āikai toe tatali kae hangatonu leva āo huhu maluāi.
