BOOSTER DRIVE

In recent weeks, as the booster campaign has been rolled out, the percentage of unvaccinated among serious Covid-19 cases has climbed, and the overall new cases among people with at least two shots has dropped.

As of Friday, around 70 per cent of Israel’s 703 serious cases of Covid-19 were among the unvaccinated, and about 20 per cent had not received a booster.

Over 60 per cent of Israelis — the overwhelming majority of the adult population — have received at least two doses of the coronavirus vaccine. Experts noted that the US and Europe were several months behind Israel’s vaccination campaign.