(ANSA) - TEL AVIV, 03 JAN - Long queues are registered even today in Israel in the 'drive through' centers for Covid swabs and staff - the media reports with alarmed tones - he complains that he is now close to exhaustion.
Yesterday, the health insurance funds were ordered by the ministry of health to start the campaign for administering a fourth dose of Pfizer vaccine to those over 60 and received the third dose over four months ago as soon as possible.
Healthcare personnel are also urged to take the fourth dose.
Meanwhile, the pandemic continues to spread at an accelerated pace.
Yesterday the infections were 6,562, about 5 percent of the swabs carried out.
The R rate of contagion rose to 1.88.
The seriously ill are 110. These are the highest figures recorded in Israel from the period September-October 2021. Yesterday Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned that very soon 20,000 infections will be reached daily and that later that figure could reach 50,000.
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