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President Joe Biden receives his Covid-19 booster shot in line with US government health authorities' guidelines at the White House in Washington, DC.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett calls on young people to get vaccinated against Covid-19 during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. The Israeli health ministry reimposed compulsory mask-wearing in enclosed public places on June 25, following a surge in Covid-19 cases since the rule was dropped 10 days earlier.
"It didn't hurt a bit," says US President Joe Biden after he received a second booster shot of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in the South Court Auditorium, next to the White House, in Washington, DC, a day after the US authorized a fourth dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna Covid-19 vaccines for people 50 and older.
French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation Tuesday amid a fresh rise in the rate of Covid-19 infections in France. He announced that, from December 15, booster shots will be mandatory for those over-65s to benefit from France's health pass, which provides access to restaurants, cultural events and intercity rail travel. He also announced a booster shot campaign would begin for 50 to 64-year-olds from early December. FRANCE 24's French Politics Editor Marc Perelman tells us more.
Jerusalem, Aug 1 (EFE/EPA).- Israel on Sunday started offering a third shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to people aged over 60, as part of an effort to slow down the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. (Camera: ABIR SULTAN). SHOT LIST: MEDICAL WORKERS INOCULATE THE OVER-60S WITH A THIRD SHOT OF COVID-19 VACCINE IN JERUSALEM, ISRAEL.
Thousands of traumatised Syrians leave the rebel enclave of Aleppo as the UN Security Council votes to deploy observers to the battered city to monitor the evacuations.