Tag: Vaccine
Study: UK coronavirus variant 45 percent more contagious than original
The British variant of the COVID-19 virus is 45 percent more contagious than the original strain, a recent study from Tel Aviv University shows.
The researchers analyzed data from some 300,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR)...
‘COVID vaccine saved 6,000 Israelis’ lives’
Had Israel not embarked on its unprecedented vaccination campaign, 12,000 citizens would have lost their lives to the coronavirus, according to a model presented by pediatrician and epidemiologist Professor Eli Somech at a meeting...
How China and Russia are using ‘vaccine diplomacy’ to enhance influence in the Middle...
As countries step up their COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, the politics around vaccines has intensified. For Israel, which has become a world leader in vaccinating its own population, its reliance on Western-developed vaccines—specifically, the Pfizer-BioNTech...
Israel signs additional agreement with Pfizer for millions of vaccines in 2022
Israel has signed an additional agreement with Pfizer-BioNTech for the supply of millions of vaccines for the year 2022, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday.
The PMO said the signing...
Israel may have achieved herd immunity against COVID-19
Israel may have reached herd immunity against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, say experts from its largest hospital, Sheba Medical Center.
Herd immunity occurs when a sufficient percentage of a population has immunity—through vaccination or having recovered...
Kantor Antisemitism Report for 2020 reflects Jew-hatred, tropes exacerbated by pandemic
The Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Humanities, in cooperation with the European Jewish Congress, released the Antisemitism Report for 2020, the year of the...
Senior Israeli health official says virus is ‘dying out,’ credits vaccine
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...
Pfizer vaccine found effective against COVID-19 variants
Israeli researchers report that the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is as effective against B.1.1.7 variant of the virus, aka the U.K. variant, as it is against the original SARS-CoV-2 strain. The vaccine was found to...
Germany provides $13.5 million to help Holocaust survivors get vaccinated
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) announced on Wednesday the establishment of a new $13.5 million program, funded by the German government, to help Holocaust survivors get access to coronavirus vaccinations.
The new Holocaust...
Israeli Health Minister: More than half the population fully vaccinated
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...