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Medical worker prepares a Covid-19 vaccine injection, at Clalit Covid-19 vaccination center in Jerusalem, on January 18, 2021.
Israelâs Ministry of Health lowered the age of those eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine to 40 on Tuesday. At the same time, the ministry ordered the countryâs four health management organizations to prepare to distribute a quarter of a million vaccines per day.
The directive comes as the country faces a spike in infections, with more than 10,000 Israelis testing positive for the virus on Monday.
The ministry also published a position paper authored by doctors of the Israeli Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology, together with the doctors of the National Council for Gynecology and Genetics and the Israeli Society of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, recommending inoculation for pregnant womenâalbeit each in consultation with her own doctor.