Published: 30 March 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Gov’t cancels meeting to approve NIS 3.5 billion worth of vaccines (Jerusalem Post)
Likud: "Gantz endangering safety and health of all Israeli citizens"
Cabinet meeting on vaccine contracts cancelled as Likud, Blue and White squabble (Times of Israel)
Gantz calls off meeting, citing Netanyahu’s ‘refusal’ to approve permanent justice minister; Likud and Health Ministry: If funds not approved, manufacturers may junk contracts
Israel sees ongoing drop in serious COVID cases, spread of virus (Ynet)
Hospitals treating 664 patients around country, of whom 458 are in serious condition including 209 connected to ventilators; Health Ministry says slight rise in R number but still well below 1; weekend contagion rate at 1.1%
Experts: Herd immunity redundant in face of Israel's Covid vaccination drive (Haaretz)
Models show that a 55 percent vaccination rate is enough to open the economy and for the pandemic to subside
Photo: A nurse prepares a shot of COVID-19 vaccine in Jerusalem, March 9 (Abir Sultan/EPA)
