The decision to offer booster shots to older citizens comes at a time of rising infections and signs the vaccine’s efficacy dwindles over time.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal receive their third coronavirus vaccine injections at Sheba Medical Centre in Ramat Gan, Israel.
Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara receive their third doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Tel Aviv.
Israel has launched a campaign to give booster shots to people 60 years and over.
An Israeli health worker prepares to administer a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine at a Maccabi Health Service clinic in Jerusalem.
More than 57 per cent of the country’s 9.3 million citizens have received two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Israel is the first country to offer a third dose of a Western vaccine to its citizens on a wide scale.
Anyone over 60 who was vaccinated more than five months ago will be eligible for a third vaccine.
Neither the US nor the EU have approved coronavirus booster shots.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, first right from centre, said a team of expert advisers had agreed it made sense to launch the booster campaign.
Mr Bennett said the recommendation was made after 'considerable research and analysis'.
Israel said its research behind the third vaccine would be shared around the world.
The decision to offer booster shots to older citizens comes at a time of rising infections and signs the vaccine’s efficacy dwindles over time.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal receive their third coronavirus vaccine injections at Sheba Medical Centre in Ramat Gan, Israel.
Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara receive their third doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Tel Aviv.
Israel has launched a campaign to give booster shots to people 60 years and over.
An Israeli health worker prepares to administer a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine at a Maccabi Health Service clinic in Jerusalem.
More than 57 per cent of the country’s 9.3 million citizens have received two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Israel is the first country to offer a third dose of a Western vaccine to its citizens on a wide scale.
Anyone over 60 who was vaccinated more than five months ago will be eligible for a third vaccine.
Neither the US nor the EU have approved coronavirus booster shots.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, first right from centre, said a team of expert advisers had agreed it made sense to launch the booster campaign.
Mr Bennett said the recommendation was made after 'considerable research and analysis'.
Israel said its research behind the third vaccine would be shared around the world.
The decision to offer booster shots to older citizens comes at a time of rising infections and signs the vaccine’s efficacy dwindles over time.
