Original title: the Israeli government decided to vaccinate people over the age of 60 with the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Source: CCTV news client
On the evening of July 29, local time, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced that Israeli medical institutions would begin to vaccinate people over the age of 60 with the third dose (Pfizer) COVID-19 vaccine from the 30th. Israeli President Isaac Herzog, 61, will be the first Israeli to receive the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to Prime Minister Bennett. Bennett also said he would accompany his 78-year-old mother to receive the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
It is reported that people over the age of 60 in Israel were vaccinated (Pfizer) in December 2020 and January 2021, and recently, with the emergence of the Delta strain in Israel, the number of COVID-19 cases has soared. The efficacy of the Pfizer vaccine in preventing infection has dropped sharply from 90% to about 40%, according to a new research report by the Israeli Ministry of Health.
An opinion poll conducted by Israel's Channel 12 television station on Israelis over the age of 60 showed that 72 per cent planned to receive the third dose of the vaccine; 9 per cent said they would not receive the third dose of the vaccine; the rest said they had not yet decided. (front desk reporter Tang Xiangwei)
(editor Yang Boren)