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Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine on the production line. Credit: Mike Mareen/Shutterstock.

Senior Israeli health official says virus is ‘dying out,’ credits vaccine

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The head of Public Health at Israel’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday that the COVID-19 virus was “dying out” in the country, albeit slowly. Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, the head of Public Health at Israel’s Health...
A COVID-19 vaccine is administered at a vaccination center in Jerusalem on March 11, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli Health Minister: More than half the population fully vaccinated

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More than half of Israel’s citizens have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Thursday. “We have crossed the 50 percent threshold of all Israeli citizens who are vaccinated...
Israeli travelers who had been stranded in South America due to coronavirus travel restrictions arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport from São Paolo through New York on March 23, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israel’s High Court rules travel restrictions unconstitutional

Israel’s High Court of Justice excoriated the government on Wednesday over its handling of air travel during the coronavirus pandemic, ruling that the restrictions it imposed on entering and exiting the country were unconstitutional. In...
Vials of Pfizer's BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centerl in Tzfat, on Feb. 14, 2021. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Knesset Finance Committee approves $600 million more to battle pandemic

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The Knesset Finance Committee has approved the allocation of 2 billion shekels ($600 million) to Israel’s Health Ministry to help it deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, the committee announced on Tuesday. The money is to...
A worker in Tel Aviv prepares for the opening of restaurants in Israel, March 3, 2021. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Israel’s health minister says 90 percent of those over 50 ‘vaccinated or recovered’

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Ninety percent of Israelis over the age of 50 have been vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19, said Israeli health minister Yuli Edelstein on Wednesday. Seventy-five percent are eligible for a “Green Pass,” noted Edelstein,...
Israeli police officers close a Purim street party in Jerusalem to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Feb. 28, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israel’s climbing R rate clouds plans to reopen economy

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Israel’s Health Ministry on Monday reported that the COVID-19 virus’s reproduction rate had risen back to one. The increasing transmission rate calls into question government plans to gradually reopen the economy following the country’s...
A young woman gets vaccinated at Clalit COVID-19 vaccination center in Rehovot on Jan. 4, 2021. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Israeli Health Ministry launches vaccination drive for Masa participants

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Recent efforts by the Masa Israel Journey organization and the Jewish Agency to petition Israel’s Health Ministry came to fruition on Wednesday with the launch of a vaccination program for Masa participants currently residing...
Israeli Health Ministry Yuli Edelstein (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Petach Tikvak gym on Feb. 20, ahead of the opening of gyms and other venues for “Green Pass” holders on Feb. 21, 2021. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Israeli Health Ministry: Pfizer vaccine close to 99 percent effective

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The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is close to 99 percent effective in preventing death, hospitalization and severe cases of the disease, according to data released on Saturday by the Israeli Health Ministry. The study compared those...
In the midst of coronavirus travel restrictions, the Israeli government enabled 6-year-old Benjamin from Ethiopia to come to Israel for urgent cardiac treatment, Feb. 12, 2021. Credit: SACHS.

Israeli government flies 6-year-old boy from Ethiopia for cardiac treatment

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The Israeli NGO Save a Child’s Heart (SACH), along with the medical team at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, has provided life-saving treatment to thousands of children from around the world in the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Health Minister Yuli Edelsten (far right) and the 4,000,000th Israeli vaccinated against COVID-19 on Feb.16, 2021. Credit: Koby Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu urges those over age 50 to get vaccinated ASAP

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a fervent appeal on Tuesday to the 570,000 people over 50 years old in Israel who have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19. “Almost 100 percent of the deaths...