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Government reopens restaurants, venues, lifts restrictions on arrivals

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Published: 9 March 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Despite czar’s warning, officials say no new lockdown before election; vaccine rollout effectiveness appears to match levels from clinical trials; jabs for Palestinian workers begin

Despite czar’s warning, gov’t officials say no new lockdown before election – TV (Times of Israel)
But health leaders indicate some limitations likely on Passover; Edelstein: Broader opening of airport done ‘with a heavy heart. It endangers us greatly’

Israel reopens restaurants, venues for vaccinated, lifts restrictions on arrivals (Haaretz)
COVID-vaccinated Israelis stuck abroad no longer need approval of special committee to return to country; Grades 7-10 return to school in areas where infection rates are low enough

After delay, vaccination of Palestinian workers in Israel to kick off Monday (Times of Israel)
Military liaison confirms program to inoculate 120,000 Palestinians who are legally employed in Israel and West Bank settlements set to begin

The first real-world data for COVID vaccines is in - and it’s really good news (SMH)
Vaccines are typically less effective in the real-world than in clinical trials. But in data from Israel and the United Kingdom, both of whom have managed to vaccinate a large slice of their population, vaccine effectiveness appears to be matching that seen in clinical trials

Israel will use e-bracelets to track arrivals: here are the problems with it (Haaretz)
Israelis returning home will face a choice: Home isolation with an electronic tracking device, like those used for prisoners, or going to a coronavirus quarantine hostel — ‘It’s a slippery slope’

Graphic: Johns Hopkins University
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