Pfizer bivalent vaccine reduces Covid-related death risk by 68% in older people: Study5,69,519 eligible participants were identified between September 27, 2022, and January 25, 2023. Of those, 1,34,215 (24 per cent) participa...
14 Apr, 2023, 01.16 PM IST
Israel tightens COVID 'green pass' rules, sparking protestUnder Sunday's new guidelines, people eligible for a green pass must have received a booster shot. Those who have received two vaccine dose...
03 Oct, 2021, 03.00 PM IST
Israel approves booster shots for over-40sAbout 5.9 million people of Israel's 9.3 million population have received at least one dose of the vaccine. More than 5.4 million have rece...
21 Aug, 2021, 10.19 AM IST
Israel logs Indian COVID-19 variant, sees some vaccine efficacy against itAn initial seven cases of the Indian variant were detected in Israel last week among people arriving from abroad and who have since undergo...
20 Apr, 2021, 12.57 PM IST
South African variant can 'break through' Pfizer vaccine, Israeli study saysThe study, released on Saturday, compared almost 400 people who had tested positive for COVID-19, 14 days or more after they received one o...
11 Apr, 2021, 08.40 AM IST
Pfizer/BioNTech say COVID-19 vaccine likely to prevent asymptomatic infectionThe companies also said the latest analysis of the Israeli data shows the vaccine was 97% effective in preventing symptomatic disease, seve...
11 Mar, 2021, 05.53 PM IST
Covid vaccine 'passports' may open the world, but divide the societyIt raises the prospect of dividing the world along the lines of wealth and vaccine access.
26 Feb, 2021, 06.43 PM IST
In boost for COVID-19 battle, Pfizer vaccine found 94% effective in real worldThe research in Israel - two months into one of the world's fastest rollouts, providing a rich source of data - showed two doses of the Pfi...
25 Feb, 2021, 11.16 AM IST
Pfizer vaccine stops Covid's spread, finds Israeli studyThe Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE Covid-19 vaccine appeared to stop the vast majority of recipients in Israel becoming infected, providing th...
22 Feb, 2021, 10.31 AM IST
Covid 19 vaccines bringing down infections, shows Israel studyThis is one of the first studies that link vaccination and a drop in infection rates. The study analysed data on Covid-19 infection and hos...
26 Jan, 2021, 06.45 AM IST
Israel sharing COVID-19 data with PfizerIsrael is giving weekly data updates on its Covid-19 outbreak to vaccine maker Pfizer under a collaboration agreement that may help other c...
19 Jan, 2021, 08.17 AM IST
Israel's health ministry authorizes use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccineModerna has received authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in the United States and Canada and additional authorizations are currently und...
05 Jan, 2021, 08.38 AM IST
Israel begins virus inoculation drive as infections surgeIsrael on Sunday began its coronavirus inoculation drive, aiming to vaccinate some 60,000 people a day in a bid to stamp out the illness th...
20 Dec, 2020, 12.26 PM IST
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu joins world leaders getting COVID-19 vaccineIsrael is set to begin vaccinating its health workers and nursing home residents beginning Sunday. Netanyahu said he wanted to be the count...
20 Dec, 2020, 09.27 AM IST
Benjamin Netanyahu to become first Israeli to receive COVID-19 vaccine"On Friday, I will leave quarantine and on Saturday evening I will go get vaccinated. I have asked to be the first person to get vaccinated...
17 Dec, 2020, 09.40 AM IST
Israel begins coronavirus vaccine trials"We can see the light at the end of the tunnel," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters at Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv. Ea...
01 Nov, 2020, 06.13 PM IST
Israel to start human trials of COVID-19 vaccine on November 1The committee is mandated to ensure the well being and rights of trial volunteers and to ensure that the experiment is conducted as per the...
26 Oct, 2020, 09.04 AM IST