Posts Tagged: Israel covid vaccine
A History of Israel’s Start-Up Nation
The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics announced that the inflation rate for July 2022 rose to 5.2%, the fastest yearly rate in 14 years. Described...
Israel Sticks With 4th Vaccine Shot, Sees Omicron Wave Waning Next Week
Israel will continue to offer a fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot despite preliminary findings that it is not enough to prevent Omicron infections, the Health Ministry...
Israel Starts Vaccinating Young Children as Coronavirus Rises
Israel began rolling out Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccinations for 5-to-11-year-olds on Monday hoping to beat down a recent rise in coronavirus infections. A fourth wave of infections...
Israel Eyes Setting Up its Own Vaccine Production Facility
Israel, which is totally dependent on imported vaccines, called on Monday for proposals for a locally-based vaccine production facility to provide itself with independent capability...
Pfizer Vaccine Very Effective Against Delta Variant in Adolescents in Israel: Study
The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective at preventing infection and symptomatic disease from the Delta variant among 12- to 18-year-olds, research conducted in Israel...
Israel Reports Very Few Myocarditis Cases After Pfizer Boosters
Israel's Health Ministry has identified fewer than 10 cases of heart inflammation following a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine among millions administered, according to...
Israel’s Health Ministry Chief Says New Restrictions on Gatherings Could Be Imposed
i24 News – Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Nachman Ash said on Thursday that further restrictions on gatherings could be considered in Israel, as coronavirus infections...
Israel Finds COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Significantly Lowers Infection Risk
A third dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine has significantly improved protection from infection and serious illness among people aged 60 and older in Israel compared...
Israel Expands COVID Vaccine Booster Campaign to Over 50s, Health Workers
Israel on Friday lowered to 50 from 60 the minimum age of eligibility for a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot and will also offer them to...
Israeli Survey Finds 3rd Pfizer Vaccine Dose Has Similar Side Effects to 2nd
Most people who received a third dose of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine felt similar or fewer side effects than they did after receiving the second...
Israel to Offer Pfizer Booster Shots to People Over 60: Reports
Israel will begin offering a third shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to people over 60, Israel's Kan public radio and Channel 13 TV said...
Israel Says Negotiating Pfizer Surplus With Other Countries
Israel is in talks with other countries about a deal to unload its surplus of Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccines, doses of which are due to expire by...
Vaccinated Israelis May Need to Quarantine Because of Delta Variant
Israel empowered health officials on Wednesday to quarantine anyone deemed to have been exposed to an especially infectious variant of COVID-19, even if they were...
Israel Urges Adolescents to Get Vaccinated, Citing Delta Variant
An Israeli health official on Monday urged more 12- to 15-year-olds to be vaccinated against COVID-19, citing new outbreaks that he attributed to the more...
