Israel has now vaccinated half its population against Covid-19, another milestone on the way to subduing the pandemic. With nearly 8% of the country having recovered from the disease and likely developing some resistance to reinfection, that could bring Israel closer to herd immunity. The rate of overall spread has also slowed after Israel expanded vaccine eligibility to everyone older than 16 earlier this month. Almost 3.3 million people have been given two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech shot. Reaching herd immunity will still be a challenge given that 30% of the population is at the moment too young to be vaccinated.

Source: Mint February 26, 2021 09:00 UTC