israel has become the first country in the world to start giving a third coronavirus vaccination to those aged sixty and older. the israeli president isaac herzog kicked off the new campaign by receiving the booster injection with his wife. israel was one of the first and fastest in giving vaccinations to its citizens, but it has started restoring some restrictions amid a surge in infections. ran baliser is the chairman of israel s national advisory experts team on covid i9 response. he explains the reasons behind the move. we have seen an increasing surge of cases in the last two months that we have not been able to control with methods that we reintroduced, including masks, as well as a green pass policy in the last few days
but it has started restoring some restrictions amid a surge in infections. ran baliser is the chairman of israel s national advisory experts team on covid 19 response. he explains the reasons behind the move. we have seen an increasing surge of cases in the last two months that we have not been able to control with methods that we reintroduced, including masks, as well as a green pass policy in the last few days that was reinstated. the numbers right now are we have over 2000 cases per day, which is numbers we have not seen for the last six months. a good proportion of these cases are among the elderly who have been vaccinated. so we have a clear indication that the vaccinated elderly that were vaccinated over five or six months ago are not as protected