Former COVID chief Ronni Gamzu: The time has come to do the right thing in Israel and remove the restrictions and the mask mandate in its entirety because the virus is no longer as dangerous as it was in the past.
Clalit Health Services analyzes the data of over 300 Israelis over the age of 60 in the most comprehensive study on the effects of the fourth vaccine jab to date.
Health Ministry's pandemic response team recommends booster shot of coronavirus vaccine for children. To date, no Western country has approved a booster COVID shot for all children across the board.
Salman Zarka is less optimistic about the upcoming Passover holiday, because "despite all our efforts, the coronavirus reproduction rate will increase."
The new study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, examined more than one million people over the age of 60 who were eligible to receive the fourth dose from January 10 and March 2.
Only about half of Americans eligible for even the third shot have gotten one – and the government urged them to get up to date.
"Infection in itself is not enough to protect individuals over the long term," say researchers from Bar-Ilan University.
Infection rate continues to rise as 9,726 test positive. Clalit study finds fourth coronavirus vaccine reduces the risk of death by 78% in individuals over the age of 60.
Jewish refugees fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine this week tell Israel Hayom they stayed as long as possible. Leaving the country with a heavy heart, they say they plan to return home as soon the war is over.
Measures include, among other things, canceling air travel and sealing the country's borders. Сoronavirus morbidity slightly down as 12,003 Israelis test positive.
