Israel Announces Booster Pfizer Shots for Those Over 60

Israel Announces Booster Pfizer Shots for Those Over 60
An elderly woman receives a booster shot of her vaccination against the CCP virus at an assisted living facility, in Netanya, Israel, on Jan. 19, 2021. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
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The Israeli government announced it will offer a third shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to citizens over 60 years old, amid ongoing efforts to slow the spread of the more contagious Delta variant of the CCP virus.

Naftali Bennett, the Israeli prime minister, announced in a statement on Friday that President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal were among the first to receive the booster in the country.