Tag: Vaccine
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...
Israel begins delivery of million-plus doses of Pfizer vaccine to Palestinians
Israel began its delivery of more than 1 million doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine to the Palestinian Authority on Friday that are set to expire soon.
“An agreement was reached today, according to which...
Israel lifts indoor mask requirement as COVID-19 recedes
Israel lifted its indoor mask requirement on Tuesday, taking another step towards returning to life pre-COVID-19.
According to the Israeli Health Ministry, masks will still be required for employees and guests at elder-care facilities who...
Israel honors health-care workers for battle against COVID-19
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein attended a ceremony in Jerusalem on Sunday honoring the country’s health-system personnel and partner agencies for their contribution to the fight against the...
Israel announces lifting of nearly all pandemic restrictions
Israel’s government announced on Tuesday that it was lifting most public restrictions connected to the coronavirus pandemic.
“This decision was made against the background of the low morbidity data and the continuing downward trend in...
Greene’s mask Holocaust analogy is ‘appalling,’ says top Republican leader
The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives has become the latest leader to condemn Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s remarks that compared wearing masks to Jews being forced to wear yellow stars during...
Israel prepares to vaccinate 12- to 15-year-olds following Pfizer FDA nod
The Israeli Health Ministry has begun preparations to vaccinate adolescents aged 12 to 15 against the COVID-19 virus, after news this week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine...
Israeli Health Ministry set to vaccinate next cohort, 12- to 15-year-olds
The Israeli Ministry of Health is stepping up preparations to begin vaccinating 12- to 15-year-olds against the coronavirus, N12 reported on Tuesday.
The preparations began after health authorities in Israel learned that the U.S. Food and Drug...
IDF records zero positive coronavirus cases for first time since onset of pandemic
The Israel Defense Forces announced on Sunday that for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic reached Israel in March 2020, not a single soldier had tested positive for the virus.
The military credited its...
Israeli data shows Pfizer vaccine 97 percent effective against British variant
Israeli medical data has shown that the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine is 97 percent effective against the British variant of the coronavirus, the founder of BioNTech said on Wednesday.
Dr. Ugur Sahin, the co-founder of BioNTech,...