Israel extends 4th dose of vaccine to over 60s and medical staff

Israel extends 4th dose of vaccine to over 60s and

In Israel, new reminder for the elderly, fewer screening tests. The country goes to war against the Omicron variant. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Sunday January 2 that all Israelis over the age of 60 and medical staff will be able to benefit from a fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

With our correspondent in Jerusalem, Michel paul

Israel therefore becomes the first country in the world to grant a 4th dose of the anti-Covid vaccine to certain categories of its population. Now people over 60 and medical teams are called upon to receive a new reminder.

The immunocompromised people had already started to be vaccinated a fourth time last week.

This new injection will be given at least four months after the third dose.

Israel at this point is not planning any further restrictions.

We are on the eve of a real tsunami “, However warned Naftali Bennett during a special press conference. ” At the peak of this wave we will reach 50 thousand new cases per day “.

The Israeli Prime Minister urged the Israelis to get vaccinated without further delay. ” Vaccination protects you from serious illnesses … and quarantine “, He underlined. He said the government was preparing to change the criteria for screening tests. ” We don’t have the capacity to test everyone. No country has it “, He added again.

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