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Health Ministry issues recommendation for Moderna COVID vaccine

Health Ministry recommends getting Moderna’s new Corona substrains’ vaccine as previous ones have lost much of their protective value

Woman gets vaccinated.
 Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 3, 2021.

China created COVID-19 as a 'bioweapon,' Wuhan researcher claims

 SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus behind COVID-19 (Illustrative).

Scientists advance in search for new COVID strain's patient zero

 A resident gets tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) behind barriers of a sealed area, amid new lockdown measures in parts of the city to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China June 9, 2022.

Health Ministry doesn't change policy as COVID-19 cases in China reportedly surge


COVID-19: Two 6-year-olds die as Israel hits 16,000 cases

There were 16,115 new virus carriers identified in Israel on Wednesday, the highest since the beginning of the pandemic, and almost 4,000 more than the previous day's record.

 Cars line up at a drive-through COVID-19 testing center in Ganey Taaruha Tel Aviv, on January 3, 2022.

How will Israel’s closed skies policy affect ties with US Jews?

As the Israeli government continues its ban against most noncitizens, many American Jews say they feel unwelcome in their Jewish homeland.

 Travelers seen at the Ben Gurion International Airport, on December 22, 2021.

COVID-19: Tens of thousands of Israelis aged 60+ schedule fourth vaccine jab

Israel records 220% surge in cases in a week, while testing chaos continues across the country.

Israelis receiving their fourth vaccine, January 3, 2022.

COVID-19: Cases in Israel top 3,000 for first time in 3 months

The new isolation policy starts today.

Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital team members wearing safety gear as they work in the Coronavirus ward of Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospitall in Jerusalem on December 27, 2021, as Jerusalem hospital reopens COVID ward.

As Omicron spreads, gov’t set to reduce quarantine for those exposed

“No one will escape this wave,” Bennett said, as morbidity in the country continued to increase.

 Women show their negative rapid test results after using COVID-19 self-test kits, in Malaga

Gov’t slaps on new COVID restrictions as Omicron cases surge

Israeli infected with Omicron dies in hospital.

Hadassah Ein Kerem coronavirus unit

Pfizer considers three-dose vaccine course for children – study

Three doses among people offer greater protection of the coronavirus.

A YOUNG GIRL receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Louisville, Kentucky, earlier this week. Will we be seeing similar scenes in Israel soon?

Does Naftali Bennett have COVID rage? - opinion

Cooped up, prevented from going about daily, routine life seems to cause people to react to minor stress factors irrationally, sometimes violently.

The almost empty Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, on January 18, 2021.

Israel tourism minister: ‘Ashamed Israel didn't develop COVID tracker'

Yoel Razvozov on closing the skies to foreigners – again. “The citizens will criticize us no matter what.”

 The nearly empty arrivals hall after the government barred tourists from entering the country, on November 28, 2021.

Who died of COVID-19 in Israel?

The Jerusalem Post Health & Wellness Podcast with Maayan Hoffman and Rossella Tercatin

 Health worker prepares a Covid-19 vaccine at a temporary Clalit health care center in Jerusalem, September 30, 2021.