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Tuesday, January 12, 2021
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Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Top health official: 17% of new serious COVID cases got first vaccine shot
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSharon Alroy-Preis, head of the Health Ministry’s public health department, says nearly one-fifth of recent serious coronavirus cases in Israel have received the first dose of the vaccine.
“17% of the new serious cases today are after the first dose,” she tells reporters.
Alroy-Preis also expresses alarm at the sky-high infection rates, which yesterday climbed to nearly 10,000 new cases.
She says Israel will likely have to extend its nationwide lockdown.
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