Israel Offers COVID-19 Booster Shots to Anyone Older Than 40
Voice of America
JERUSALEM - As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Israel , the country has expanded its COVID-19 vaccine campaign to give third shots to anyone over the age of 40.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett got his booster shot on national TV Friday and is pushing hard for all eligible Israelis to vaccinate. He said that if Israelis go out and get vaccinated with a third shot, the country will be able to avoid a fourth closure. That is especially important to many Israelis as there are several major Jewish holidays in September — including the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur.A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's rocket launch during a news program at a bus terminal in Seoul, South Korea, May 27, 2024. FILE - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks to reporters in Colombo, July 29, 2023. FILE - A TV screen shows a report of North Korea's spy satellite into orbit with its third launch attempt this year with an image of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2023.
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. Fire rages following an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still picture taken from a video, May 26, 2024. Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. A member of the bomb squad of the Israeli police collects debris after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants struck in the Israeli city of Herzliya on May 26, 2024.