Published: 16 February 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Health Ministry warns public not to listen to anti-vaxxer rabbi (Times of Israel)
Yuval Hacohen Asherov, who says immunisation shots can be fatal or cause infertility, is not a medical professional, is making ‘dangerous and misleading’ claims, ministry cautions
Israel’s largest HMO finds vaccines 92% effective in preventing serious illness (Times of Israel)
Clalit survey of 1.2 million Israelis, half of them immunized, finds that shots drive down symptomatic COVID by 94%
Netanyahu pushes for legislation to disclose names of unvaccinated Israelis to authorities (Haaretz)
Coronavirus cabinet approves advancing the proposal, which will address how the information on those not yet vaccinated will be protected
Following US protest, Israel to permit American carriers to fly 'rescue' flights to Tel Aviv (Haaretz)
Until now, El Al had the exclusive right to offer limited flights for Israelis stranded in the U.S. while Ben-Gurion Airport is closed due to COVID-19 restrictions
15,000 Muslim worshippers pack Temple Mount in defiance of Covid restrictions (Times of Israel)
Holy site reopened following 45-day pause due to pandemic restrictions; number of seriously ill patients in Israel continues to decline as effects of vaccinations kick in
Ultra-Orthodox Londoners roll up sleeves to fight Covid (US ABC)
As people across England huddled indoors amid freezing temperatures and a national lockdown, almost 300 elderly men and women lined up outside a health centre in northeast London to be vaccinated against Covid-19
Photo: Screen capture from video of Rabbi Yuval HaCohen Asherov speaking about the COVID-19 outbreak. (YouTube)
