Coronavirus Outbreak

People will likely need to get Pfizer's vaccine annually as "it is extremely important to suppress the pool of people that can be susceptible to the virus," Albert Bourla says.

As the vaccination campaign has lowered the coronavirus morbidity rate, health officials decide Israelis no longer need to wear masks in open spaces.

All foreign visitors will be required to present a negative PCR test before boarding a flight to Israel, and a serological test to prove their vaccination upon arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv.

Under the new plan, regular tests will be conducted to keep track of any COVID outbreaks among students or staff members.

Citing 'do no harm' principle, 93 doctors sign petition against vaccination of children in Israel. "The prevailing opinion in the scientific community is that the vaccine cannot lead to 'herd immunity,' and therefore there is no 'altruistic' justification for vaccinating children to protect the at-risk population," doctors say.

Education system left behind as cabinet decides to ease restrictions put in place to slow virus' spread. Health Ministry Director-General Hezi Levy: We prefer to go the cautious route and see what the opening brings.

Jeje July Touk turned adversity into opportunity after coronavirus restrictions on beauty salons left her without a job.

The effort to taint the preferential treatment of those who have received the vaccines stems from their claim that the vaccines are not safe, a claim that has been disproven.

Just days after claiming the pandemic was "dying out" in Israel, the head of Public Health Services at the Health Ministry Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis cautions country is "only midway through the battle."

Since the start of the pandemic, the virus has killed 6,257 Israelis. 486 COVID patients still hospitalized, including 169 on ventilators.