'Flu cases on rise,' says doctor, as Israel reports nearly 300 in hospital

Doctors have been worried that fewer people will get vaccinated against the flu this year because of a feeling of ‘vaccine fatigue’ from having taken three COVID shots in the last year.

Empty beds in the intensive care unit at the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on October 14, 2021.

Empty beds in the intensive care unit at the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on October 14, 2021.

(photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)

ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

DECEMBER 10, 2021 12:25

Updated: DECEMBER 11, 2021 17:00