The Israeli health system expressed cautious optimism over the weekend after the fast climb in the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in serious condition slowed down, apparently, the result of the third booster shot being administered to Israelis aged 40 and above.
Israeli Health Ministry data on Wednesday showed that per 100,000 people, there are 172 serious cases from unvaccinated people over 60 compared to 21 serious cases from the vaccinated.
A new shipment of Pfizer-developed Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines will arrive in Israel at the beginning of August, just as the supply in the country was about to run out, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said.
The Pfizer-developed Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine’s ability to protect against the Delta (Indian) variant is significantly lower than initially thought, the Ministry of Health announced.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) cancelled an agreement in which Israel was to transfer over one million Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to the PA, claiming the Pfizer vaccines were damaged.
Israeli teens aged 12-16 can get vaccinated against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) beginning on Sunday, the latest phase of the country’s battle against the pandemic.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein yesterday visited the Clalit Health Services anti-coronavirus vaccination facility at the Pais Arena in Jerusalem and met the 500,000th person in Israel to be vaccinated.
The SARS-CoV-2 vaccine “BriLife,” developed by the Israel Institute of Biological Research, was administered to a 26-year-old volunteer, beginning the first of three stages of human testing.
The new method, called pooling allows for the simultaneous testing of some 60 patients, which should “greatly increase” the rate at which infections are identified.
