Of the 78,854 Israelis screened over the past 24 hours, only 2% tested positive for coronavirus, Health Ministry says. Vaccination drive proves successful as the latest figures show that in people 60 and older who were vaccinated there have been 86% fewer infections and 91% fewer deaths.
The government's restrictions “violate the basic constitutional right to enter and exit Israel, and others rights at the core of the democratic fabric of life," the panel rules. National coronavirus commissioner, Nachman Ash slams the ruling: The High Court decision is likely to bring Israel closer to a high wave of morbidity.
The 1,472 new cases of the virus diagnosed Tuesday mark a sharp decline in the infection rate. Meanwhile, a new study in Israel suggests that pregnant women vaccinated against COVID-19 could pass along protection to their babies.
In its latest report, the ministry reveals that the number of children infected in the third wave of the coronavirus doubled compared to the second COVID resurgence.
Health Ministry data reveals less than 10% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are fully vaccinated. Israel's infection rate now stands at 2.4%.
At government meeting on allowing over 3,000 Israelis to enter country each day, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein says, "I hear the calls to 'open the skies' and 'open the gates of entry to Israel.' If we had listened to these voices, we wouldn't have 6,000 dead, but 16,000 dead."
As reports emerge of vaccines helping to ease symptoms of "long COVID," CDC okays vaccination for individuals who have recovered from the virus.
Nonprofit finds that 59 million accounts across social platforms follow peddlers of anti-vax propaganda, many of whom are immensely popular super-spreaders of misinformation.
The scene, broadcast on Wednesday night, shows an Israeli plane belonging to the fake Air Israel airline land in in the US, distributing crates full of vaccine vials, to the delight of the characters in the show.
Exiled Fatah official Mohammed Dahlan struck a deal with the United Arab Emirates to donate 40,000 Russian Sputnik V vaccines to the strip.