Tag: Vaccine
Will an Israeli vaccine be the solution to new variants?
Several COVID-19 vaccines under development in Israel hold out promise for their ability to protect against variants of the virus that are challenging existing vaccines.
Back in May 2020, research groups across the world were...
In face of Delta variant, Israel reverts to stringent COVID-19 restrictions
Israel’s ministerial committee approved new restrictions on fighting the spread of COVID-19, announced the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday.
They are set to be instituted on Aug. 8 as a result of the uptick in...
Israel becomes first country to start third vaccine shot to those over 60
Israel is going to start offering a third shot of the Pfizer BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to people over the age of 60, Health Ministry Director-General Professor Nachman Ash announced on Thursday.
Ash said that the...
Israel and South Korea sign COVID-19 vaccine pact
Israel and South Korea signed a COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement on Tuesday, allowing for more effective use of present and future inventories for both countries.
Under the deal, Israel will transfer about 700,000 doses of...
Israel looks for buyers as expiration date on nearly 1 million vaccines closes in
Israel faces the prospect of throwing out hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 vaccines if it can’t find a country willing to buy them before they expire.
The number of vaccines Israel holds in cold storage...
Pfizer vaccine doesn’t affect fertility, study shows
Widespread rumors that mRNA vaccines negatively impact fertility are unfounded, according to new research from the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center.
The team studied 36 couples undergoing a second round...
This July Fourth? It’s a freedom bonanza!
After a year-and-a-half of hunkering down, we are free at last—at least, for the most part. With the advent of vaccines, we welcome back hugs and backslapping, kids running amok with their grandparents, maybe...
Bennett says for time being, Israelis should avoid non-essential travel abroad
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has asked Israeli citizens this week to avoid non-essential travel overseas in light of the Delta variant of the coronavirus infection rates.
Speaking on Tuesday from Ben-Gurion International Airport, Bennett said...
Israel using vaccines rejected by Palestinian Authority
Israeli Health Ministry Director General Hezi Levi said on Monday that Israel was using the COVID-19 vaccines that the Palestinian Authority had rejected.
The vaccines Israel had planned to send to the P.A. are being used “right...
Israeli Health Ministry issues quarantine after COVID-19 confirmed at indoor concert
Israel’s Health Ministry on Sunday called on all attendees of an indoor concert in the northern Israeli city of Beit She’an on June 17 to immediately enter quarantine and get tested for COVID-19, after...