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Added on the 03/01/2022 13:28:26 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Israel will offer a fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine to people over 60 and to medical staff, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Sunday amid a surge in Omicron variant infections, saying the country's top medical officer had approved the shot.
As the Omicron variant of Covid-19 continues to drive new infections around the world, Israel has become one of the first countries to start rolling out a fourth dose of the vaccine. The so-called "second" booster jab is currently available to the over-60s, health workers and anyone considered medically vulnerable.
In less than three months, Israel expects to have immunized all its citizens who are over 16 against the novel coronavirus. Business Insider reports achieving that goal would likely make Israel the world's first to immunize the vast majority of its population. Israel has far outpaced the rest of the world with its vaccination campaign. In fact, it has already administered the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to about one in five of its citizens. Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announced a deal with Pfizer to secure enough doses to immunize its adult population by the end of March.
"The world will follow in our footsteps," said Israeli PM Naftali Bennett
Jerusalem, Aug 1 (EFE / EPA) .- Israel began Sunday to inject the third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to adults over 60 years of age, after starting this inoculation phase on Friday with President Isaac Herzog and a small number of people.(Camera: ATEF SAFADI)SHOT LIST: VACCINATION DRIVE FOR THE THIRD JAB FOR ADULTS OVER 60 IN JERUSALEM, ISRAEL.
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