China News Service, July 30. According to "Central News Agency" reports, on the 29th local time, Israeli Prime Minister Bennett announced that from August 1st, people over 60 years of age will be vaccinated with a third dose of the new crown vaccine.
According to reports, Bennett said in a televised statement that this is part of the "Auxiliary Vaccination Campaign". Those who are over 60 years old and have received the vaccine more than 5 months ago will receive the third dose.
According to reports, the third dose of vaccine provided by Israel is Pfizer vaccine.
In order to reduce the spread of the delta mutant virus, Israel will become one of the first countries to provide citizens with the third dose of vaccine on a large scale. The 60-year-old Israeli President Herzog will take the lead on July 30.
According to the report, Israel started its new crown vaccination work in December 2020. So far, about 62% of the 9.3 million population have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and about 56% have completed two doses of vaccination.
However, since the emergence of the delta variant, the Ministry of Health has twice notified that the effectiveness of vaccines against infection has decreased, and the protection against severe illness has also decreased.