Iran's COVID rate means 'death every 2 minutes'
Being the hardest-hit nation in the Middle East, Iran reports a staggering 94,603 coronavirus deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic.
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Health Ministry expands list of 'yellow' countries requiring full quarantine
Meanwhile, 1.9 million students to take a rapid coronavirus test, 48 hours before the start of the school year, according to new plan approved by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
Israeli survey finds 3rd Pfizer vaccine dose has similar side effects to 2nd
Eighty-eight percent of participants in the survey said that in the days after receiving the third shot, they felt "similar or better" to how they felt after the second shot.
Iran sees highest daily virus case, death counts in pandemic
The crush of new cases, fueled by the fast-spreading delta variant, have overwhelmed hospitals with patients too numerous to handle.
Health Minister: We will incentivize schools to encourage vaccinations
"Imposing a lockdown is the last resort," says the health minister, kicking off Israel's national rapid coronavirus test campaign. The government begins working with local authorities to encourage Israeli youngsters to get inoculated.
Nearly 350,000 Israelis receive COVID booster as deaths top 6,500
Israel’s coronavirus infection rate hits 3.79% as 3,843 people test positive for the disease. Starting Sunday, Magen David Adom to open 120 rapid testing stations nationwide.
Sen. Lindsey Graham urges Trump to encourage supporters to get vaccinated
The South Carolina Republican calls on the former president to encourage his supporters to get immunized. "No one's being asked to go off to fight radical Islam or fight a foreign enemy. We're being asked to make responsible medical decisions," Graham says.
Another lockdown would be 'catastrophic,' top Finance Ministry official warns
Health Ministry chief says that unless morbidity rates dramatically drop, a fourth lockdown could be imposed even before the end of August.
WHO urges nations to share vaccines, not to triple-jab
"We cannot and we should not accept countries that have already used most of the global supply of vaccines using even more of it, while the world’s most vulnerable people remain unprotected," says World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Cabinet tightens COVID restrictions as holiday lockdown looms
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett: Israel is investing billions to make vaccines available everywhere, and yet a million Israelis refuse to be vaccinated.