• About Us
  • Who Are We
  • Work With Us
Friday, March 31, 2023
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTER
The Globe Post
39 °f
New York
44 ° Fri
46 ° Sat
40 ° Sun
41 ° Mon
No Result
View All Result
The Globe Post
No Result
View All Result
Home World

Israel ‘Leads the Way’ With 4th Covid Jabs for Vulnerable

Staff Writer by Staff Writer
12/31/21
in World
Israel Covid vaccine

Health workers administer a fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv. Photo: Jack Guez/AFP

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Israel on Friday started giving fourth Covid vaccine shots to people with weakened immunity, becoming one of the first countries to do so in hopes of countering a case surge driven by the Omicron variant.

The effort comes almost exactly one year after Israel began a massive vaccination drive on the back of a data-sharing accord with US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer.

Israel’s health ministry on Thursday approved giving a fourth shot for immunocompromised people, the same day that authorities reported more than 4,000 new cases of the disease, a high not seen since September.

Heart transplant patients were among the first to receive the additional shots at Sheba hospital in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, where health workers received test injections this week.

“We had good results with the third dose which only caused secondary effects such as light, localized pain. We can’t wait to see the results of this fourth dose,” said Galia Rahav, a doctor.

Cardiologist Yael Peled said it would “increase protection against coronavirus”.

Israel on Friday also added residents of retirement homes and geriatric patients to those eligible to take the fourth dose.

“This decision was taken for fear of an increase in cases of contamination in such institutions that would endanger the health of these people,” the ministry said.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said Israel, which was among the first countries in the world to offer a third shot to the general public, will be a trailblazer for the fourth jab.

“Israel will lead the way in administering a fourth vaccine to the Israeli people,” he said.

More than four million people out of a population of 9.2 million Israelis have received three shots of coronavirus vaccine.

On another front in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, an Israeli El Al plane flew in Thursday from Belgium carrying a shipment of Pfizer’s anti-Covid pill, Paxlovid.

Chile has announced it will also offer a fourth shot to at-risk people starting in February, while health authorities in Britain and Germany are considering following suit.

ShareTweet
Staff Writer

Staff Writer

AFP with The Globe Post

Related Posts

Israeli security forces in Jerusalem
World

Palestinian Gunman Kills 7 in East Jerusalem Synagogue Attack

by Staff Writer
January 30, 2023
A woman undergoing COVID test in China
Featured

Soaring Covid Cases Shine Light on China’s Healthcare Gap

by Staff Writer
January 11, 2023
Nablus
Middle East

Palestinians Decry ‘Collective Punishment’ Over Israel’s Nablus Closure

by Staff Writer
October 27, 2022
Israel
Middle East

Palestinians Slam UK ‘Review’ of Israel Embassy Location

by Staff Writer
September 22, 2022
Michelle Bachelet
World

UN Rights Chief Slams Israel Over Blocked Staff Visas

by Staff Writer
August 30, 2022
Ben & Jerry's
World

Court Denies Ben & Jerry’s Effort to Prevent Sales in Israeli Settlements

by Staff Writer
August 22, 2022
Next Post
Hong Kong media outlet

Third Hong Kong Media Company Shutters as Media Fears Grow

UN Security Council

World Powers Make Rare Pledge to Prevent Nuclear Weapons Spread

Recommended

Damage from a series of powerful storms and at least one tornado is seen on March 25, 2023, in Rolling Fork, Mississippi

After Tornado Kills 25, Mississippi Faces More Extreme Weather

March 26, 2023
Transgender Army veteran Tanya Walker speaks to protesters in Times Square near a military recruitment centre

Tennessee Is A Drag on the First Amendment

March 26, 2023
participants of an artificial intelligence conference

How AI Could Upend the World Even More Than Electricity or the Internet

March 19, 2023
Chinese President Xi Jinping

China’s Path to Economic Dominance

March 15, 2023
Heavily armed police inspect the area near a Jehovah's Witness church where several people have been killed in a shooting in Hamburg, northern Germany

Eight Dead in Shooting at Jehovah’s Witness Hall in Germany

March 10, 2023
Myanmar Rohingya refugees look on in a refugee camp in Teknaf, in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar, on November 26, 2016

US Announces $26M in New Aid for Rohingya

March 8, 2023

Opinion

Transgender Army veteran Tanya Walker speaks to protesters in Times Square near a military recruitment centre

Tennessee Is A Drag on the First Amendment

March 26, 2023
Chinese President Xi Jinping

China’s Path to Economic Dominance

March 15, 2023
An earthquake survivor reacts as rescuers look for victims and other survivors in Hatay, a Turkish province where hundreds of buildings were destroyed by the earthquake

Heed the Call of Our Broken World

March 1, 2023
Top view of the US House of Representatives

‘Cringy Awards:’ Who Is the Most Embarrassing US House Representative?

February 13, 2023
Protesters rally against the fatal police assault of Tyre Nichols, outside of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in Detroit, Michigan, on January 27, 2023

How Do Violent ‘Monsters’ Take Root?

February 3, 2023
George Santos from the 3rd Congressional district of New York

George Santos for Speaker!

January 16, 2023
Facebook Twitter

Newsletter

Do you like our reporting?
SUBSCRIBE

About Us

The Globe Post

The Globe Post is part of Globe Post Media, a U.S. digital news organization that is publishing the world's best targeted news sites.

submit oped

© 2018 The Globe Post

No Result
View All Result
  • National
  • World
  • Business
  • Interviews
  • Lifestyle
  • Democracy at Risk
    • Media Freedom
  • Opinion
    • Editorials
    • Columns
    • Book Reviews
    • Stage
  • Submit Op-ed

© 2018 The Globe Post