soon as possible. reporter: initial results from the study are expected by the end of the week, by which time israel s rising caseload will likely be even heavier. elliott joins me now from jerusalem. it doesn t seem to be the same sort of vaccine hesitancy in israel as there are in other countries. is that a fact? is that helpful to the authorities there? reporter: well, we re talking there in that report about health workers, so i guess they re probably among the keenest to be vaccinated. the panel of coronavirus experts recommended, the second booster for over 60s and health workers. there is still a degree of vaccine hesitancy. if you look at the overall figures for the number of people in israel, out of the total population that have received their third shot, which is what is required to be deemed to be, you know, properly vaccinated here, we re still talking about half the population.
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country braces for another wave of coronavirus infections. and for more on this, we want to bring in journalist elliott gotkine, who joins us live from jerusalem. so why has israel decided a fourth shot is needed at this time despite other experts suggesting it may be premature? rosemary, i don t think israel will mind going out on a limb in terms of being the first to administer a fourth dose. it pretty much did so when it first introduced booster shots back in the summer. many experts in other countries were saying, no, it wasn t necessary. so i think israel won t worry about that. i think at the same time, it just wants to do everything possible to try to mitigate this fifth covid wave, which is now already here in israel. and so this was the panel of coronavirus experts last night recommending this fourth dose for medical workers, for over 60s, people with suppressed immune systems. at the same time, it recommended shrinking the time gap between people taking their second
israel became the first country in the world to recommend a fourth dose of the covid vaccine. initially it will be made available to over 60s, medical workers and people with suppressed immune systems. if history is any guide, it will quickly be rolled out to other age groups and the rest of the population. the government of coronavirus experts have wonderful news. don t waste time, he said, go get vaccinated. israel battles the omicron variant and a fifth wave of the virus. others include expanding its red no-fly list to include countries like the u.s. and canada, refusing food and shopping malls to people without vaccination or recovery, forcing people to work from home on sunday and moving where there is a high prevalence of covid and vaccine uptake on children is below 17%. on tuesday the case load fell
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