will lead the way in administering a fourth vaccine to the israeli people and the strategy for overcoming the variant is clear, the greater the wave, the greater protection we would need to overcome it. the wave is reaching greater heights. on thursday the country recorded almost 5,000 new cases. that s the most since september. just a couple of weeks ago israel was recording fewer than 1,000 cases per day. the number of people infected by each covid sufferer climbed to a level not seen since june. i m david mckenzie in cape town. authorities say the country may have passed the wave of omicron-dominated infections. in fact, they are reducing the amount of restrictions in time for the new year, including ending a many months long curfew. there s new research coming out from private hospitals showing that in the early stages of this wave, people were far less sicker, especially around the
the covid vaccines for people with suppressed immune systems. the health minister gave the go-ahead on thursday evening, but he stopped short of approving it for the over 60s and health workers force now. in a statement the prime minister said israel will lead the way in administering a fourth vaccine to the israeli people, adding that the strategy for overcoming the omicron variant is clear, the greater the wave, the greater the protection we will need to overcome it. the wave is reaching greater heights. on thursday the country recorded almost 5,000 new cases. that s the most since september. just a couple of weeks ago, israel was recording fewer than 1,000 cases per day. the number of people infected by each covid sufferer claimed to 6.2, a level not seen since june. reporter: in cape town, authorities say the country may have passed the wave of omicron dominated infections. they are reducing the amount of
high. the coefficient, the number affected by each covid sufferer, jumped to 1.28, its highest level since august. reporter: i m fred pleitgen in berlin. the various european countries are struggling with the omicron variant of the coronavirus. germany is also bracing and a new german government wants to take action. olaf schultz is meeting with state leaders today and they want to put in place a flurry of new measures to try and at least slow down the spread of omicron. the center poogs of all this is restrictions on public gatherings. they want them to be limited to no more than ten people even if those people are vaccinated. now, all of this is not set to take hold for christmas. however, after christmas and of course will severely restrict new year s celebrations here in germany as large-scale celebrations will be all but impossible, especially since all this goes hand in hand with a
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