Israel Covid

• 4th COVID shot made people over 60 twice as resistant to infection: Israel

  Israel began offering a fourth dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine to people over 60 earlier this month as Omicron swept the country.

  Health

  Jan 24, 2022
  
• Israel bans travel to Canada, 9 other countries amid Omicron spread

  Israel has seen a surge in new cases of the more infectious coronavirus variant in recent weeks, and began closing its borders and restricting travel in late November.

  Health

  Dec 20, 2021
  
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• Israel adds COVID-19 booster shot requirement to its vaccine passport

  Under the new guidelines, people must have received a booster shot or recently recuperated from coronavirus to enter indoor venues.

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  Oct 3, 2021
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• Israel finds most breakthrough COVID-19 cases among older, sicker vaccinated patients

  Around half of Israel's 600 patients now hospitalized with severe COVID illness have received two doses of the Pfizer shot, a rare occurrence out of 5.4 million vaccinated people.

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  Aug 20, 2021
• Israel will have to ‘learn to live’ with COVID-19 as Delta variant surges: PM

  After a rapid vaccination drive that had driven down coronavirus infections and deaths, Israelis had stopped wearing face masks and abandoned all social-distancing rules.

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  Jul 13, 2021
• Israel drops indoor mask rule as daily COVID-19 cases hover around zero

  New COVID-19 infections have been in a steady but gentle decline after a steep drop-off in February and March.

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  Jun 15, 2021
• Israel examining cases of heart inflammation in people who received Pfizer COVID-19 shot

  Pfizer said it has not observed a higher rate of the condition than would normally be expected in the general population.

  Health

  Apr 25, 2021