Concerns have been raised over how much protection a single dose of the Pfizer BioNTech covid-19 vaccine provides, following reports from Israel that it is much lower than expected. Israel, which, like the UK, is currently in its third national lockdown, has so far vaccinated more than 75...
The vaccine is especially recommended for children at risk of severe COVID-19 illness due to underlying health conditions that impair the immune system, the ministry noted. Israel has lowered the minimum eligibility age for vaccination from 12 to five years in November 2021. Since then, 22.8 per...
Israel needed to choose between trying to protect the most vulnerable or waiting for more information, and risking it might be too late. “We know that the vaccine is not going to be dangerous,” he said. “Millions and millions have received this vaccine without any major consequence, and ...
Israel on Monday saw its tally of severe cases slightly drop after days of continued increase, while the national infection rate continued to rise. Follow Ynetnews onFacebookandTwitter Israel has in recent weeks accelerated its coronavirus vaccine booster shot campaign and the latest data might be...
On Thursday, Israel approved the fourth vaccine shot for immune-compromised people and the elderly living in care homes, becoming one of the first countries to offer that booster. Some 70 percent of Israel's 9.45 million population have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and about 45...
Israel Sunday widened access to a third coronavirus vaccine jab to anyone aged 12 and up, with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett insisting it was an effective way to contain an infection surge. Moves by several nations to offer third jabs have faced criticism including from the World Health Organiza...
Israel has vaccinated more than 80% of its 70 years and older citizens, offering insight into the vaccine's effects on a population level. While clinical trials have found thePfizer-BioNTechvaccine to be95% effective in preventing Covid-19, the Israeli data offer an early glimpse into how ef...
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2,000 new COVID cases in Israel for second straight day Health Ministry 93 out of 153 severely ill patients have been fully vaccinated; ministry's pandemic panel set to hold a meeting later to mull whether to issue comprehensive recommendation for third vaccine shot for all public...
700,000 of doses of coronavirus vaccine arrive in Israel onboard El Al plane. 'Israel will be first country to end pandemic,' says Netanyahu