Israel Begins COVID-19 Booster Shots For People Aged 50 And Above

Coronavirus: Israel was one of the first countries to launch a vaccination drive in mid-December via an agreement with Pfizer.

Israelis aged 50 and over began receiving vaccine booster shots against the coronavirus Friday as part of a government bid to stem spiking infections driven by the Delta variant. The government announced on Thursday that it was offering third shots to people aged over 50, two weeks after launching a campaign to give the elderly booster jabs. "This is an important step in the fight against the Delta pandemic," Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a statement. Israel was one of the first countries to launch a vaccination drive in mid-December via an agreement with Pfizer to obtain millions of paid doses in exchange for sharing data on their effectiveness.