Alert in Israel.
The country recorded nearly 12,000 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday in the past 24 hours, which is a new record since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. According to data from the Israeli Ministry of Health, 11,978 contaminations additional have been identified since Tuesday, an increase compared to the last record (11,344 cases) which dated September 2, 2021.
This record comes amid an upsurge in the Covid-19 epidemic in Israel, where cases of contamination "are on the increase", Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Tuesday, who estimates that the country would record "dozens thousands of new cases in the coming days ”.
The fourth dose already administered to over 60s
As nearly 4.3 million people received a booster dose in Israel, out of a population of 9.4 million, the Israeli prime minister insisted on the vaccine.
"The good news is that vaccines are effective," hammered Naftali Bennett, just as the Omicron variant is sweeping the world.
In Israel, the fourth dose has started to be given to all people over the age of 60.
In total, 1.4 million infections have been identified since the start of the pandemic in Israel, for 8,247 deaths according to official figures.
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