Published: 3 August 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Move prompted by decline in effectiveness of two jabs; plan to give third dose to 1.5m seniors in eight days; China to give Gaza 500,000 vaccines made in Egypt
Israel was the first to launch a Covid booster shot drive; will it help and are there any risks? (Haaretz)
The jump in the number of Israel's COVID infections as well as Health Ministry data showing a decline in the effectiveness of the vaccination led experts to recommend the move
Israel's public health chief says evidence points to waning Covid vaccine immunity (Haaretz)
'Previously we thought that fully vaccinated individuals are protected,' Dr Sharon Alroy-Preis tells CBS' Face the Nation, adding the coronavirus delta variant is '50 percent more infectious'
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China to donate to Gaza 500,000 COVID-19 vaccines produced in Egypt (Jerusalem Post)
Only some 560,195 Palestinians have been vaccinated out of a population of over 5 million.
‘Fast and furious’: Israel seeks to give third dose to 1.5m seniors in eight days (Times of Israel)
Bennett tells HMO executives government resources are at their disposal, discusses vaccine rollout with America’s Fauci; health officials weigh quarantine for all arrivals
'A crime': Israel's education minister opposes Covid vaccinations in schools (Haaretz)
Yifat Shasha-Biton argued that inoculating kids against COVID in schools would create 'social pressure,' but others in her ministry believe she is fanning anti-vaxxers' fears
