Israelis to be fined 5,000 shekels for violating quarantine as Israel increases enforcement of COVID guidelines. Health Ministry calls for public access to at-home rapid testing kits, reinstatement of green pass as infections surge.
US Food and Drug Administration issues warning about Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine.
Health minister: Immunocompromised to be eligible for third booster dose of COVID vaccine. With infections among children on the rise, Health Ministry chief says no plans for restrictions over upcoming holidays, new school year.
To bridge the supply gap, the Health Ministry will continue to administer second doses using the Moderna vaccine. It also decides to offer a third Pfizer booster shot to immunocompromised adults.
Pfizer asks the Food and Drug Administration for approval to administer a third vaccine dose. Israel is considering opening a vaccine factory of its own.
Caribbean island says it has a total of five candidate vaccines in the pipeline, with Abdala and Soberana 2 expected to be quickly authorized for emergency use by local regulators and sent up for approval to the WHO.
Over 500 Israelis test positive for coronavirus for third consecutive day. Fully vaccinated man, 86, succumbs to the virus at Rambam Health Care Campus. Of 78 Israelis hospitalized with COVID, 45% have been vaccinated.
Aid package includes ventilators, oxygen tanks, and advanced protective gear. FM Yair Lapid: Israel is proud to help Nepal fight the pandemic. Israel's allies and friends know that Israel will stand by them in times of trouble.
Tally of lives lost over the past year and a half is about equal to the number of people killed in battle in all of the world’s wars since 1982, according to estimates from the Peace Research Institute Oslo.
Israel to likely see return of "Green Pass" as COVID infections rise. Israeli biotechnology firm's cell therapy treatment shown to significantly improve coronavirus patients' condition in clinical trials.