children particularly high there. they're going back to remote schooling in many places, and perhaps for good. so many people are unvaccinated in russia. in fact, less than half of the population is fully vaccinated there. and remember, the worst -- the deadliest part of the pandemic didn't come two years ago, kim. it actually just came two months ago in russia. >> interesting. high case counts in russia. high case counts in israel, as well. and hadas, so what's leading a top expert there to make that bold claim that israel has likely passed its kromm peak? >> well, kim, let's start with the because news. the bad news is that the serious cases, people who are in hospital in serious condition have passed more than 1,000 people that's a record -- the last record for it was last january, at the peak, it was 1,175 people were hospitalized in serious condition. and they are expecting those cases to go up. so it's very possible that in the next few weeks, israel will break its own record of people hospitalized in serious condition. but now the good news. one of the top government covid