Health official: We’re relying on vaccines, not restrictions

An Israeli woman receives a third coronavirus vaccine injection at a senior center in Jerusalem, August 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
An Israeli woman receives a third coronavirus vaccine injection at a senior center in Jerusalem, August 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

A senior health official tells Channel 13 news that increased vaccination is the key to stem a resurgence in coronavirus cases, before tightened Green Pass restrictions take effect tomorrow.

“We aren’t relying on the Green Pass restrictions that will begin tomorrow, but the vaccination of the population,” the unnamed official says.

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