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JERUSALEM, Aug 13 ― Israeli Health Ministry experts recommended yesterday dropping from 60 to 50 the minimum age of eligibility for a Covid-19 vaccine booster, hoping to curb a rise in Delta variant infections. The advisory panel's move, which followed a call by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to...

JERUSALEM, Aug 13 ― Israeli Health Ministry experts recommended yesterday dropping from 60 to 50 the minimum age of eligibility for a Covid-19 vaccine booster, hoping to curb a rise in Delta variant infections.

But at least two major health providers have already said they would begin on Friday to schedule appointments for people in the 50-59 age group to get a third dose of the Pfizer /BioNTech vaccine. But with the spread of the Delta variant across the globe, new infections jumped in Israel, reaching 5,946 on Monday, and serious illnesses have been increasing as well.

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