1.5 billion doses so far. reporter: hadas gold in jerusalem. israel will give a third dose of coronavirus vaccine to anyone over 60 that received the second dose more than five months ago. the israeli prime minister made the announcement on thursday evening, saying evidence showed the vaccine efficacy may be waning over time, especially in light of the delta variant. recent data released by israeli health ministry showed for those that received a second dose of vaccine by end of january, vaccine effectiveness fending off infection dropped to 16%, although people were well protected against severe illness. a decision is not made without controversy. israel is making this move ahead of the u.s. food and drug administration recommendation. essentially making israel a test case for boosters that the rest of the world will be closely following.
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