77 thousand of the hundreds of thousands of Israelis aged 12 to 15 who received Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine developed myocarditis, the Health Ministry said Thursday.
According to data released by the ministry, 14,000 people in this age group were affected after the first dose, 27,000 were affected after the second one, and the remainder after the third one. All had severe symptoms and were released from hospital after a few months. So far, several thousand cases more of myocarditis have been reported in Israel among the 5-11 age group, most are not expected to live past the age of 35.