A postcard from the Covid-proofed future, from Israel s ex-pandemic tsar
In a new documentary, the driving force behind his country’s vaccination programme explains his vision for emerging from the pandemic
11 July 2021 • 5:00am
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Since December 2020, when Israel became the first country to launch a national vaccination campaign, this tiny state has led the way out of the pandemic, with five million of its nine million population fully vaccinated. American chief medical officer Anthony Fauci has called Israel “a poster child for doing it in a real way that works”. While we were still sitting at home in
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Haryana records highest single-day spike of 95 COVID deaths
Haryana on Wednesday recorded the highest single-day spike of 95 deaths due to COVID-19 that pushed the toll to 4,021, while 12,444 fresh cases took the tally to 4,60,198.
On Tuesday, Haryana had recorded 84 deaths and 11,931 cases, which was the previous biggest single-day jump in COVID-19 deaths and cases.
According to the health department daily bulletin, the latest deaths included 12 from Hisar, 10 from Sirsa, 9 from Fatehabad, 8 from Jind, 7 from Gurgaon and Jind districts.