Booster shots are now available to everyone in the country aged 30 or older. "Many public health professionals feel that what happened in Israel was a demonstration of population immunity, or herd immunity. delta variant, with its higher infectious rate, coupled with waning immunity, has proven us wrong," said Dr. Eyal Leshem, a clinical associate professor in internal medicine and infectious diseases at the Sackler School of Medicine in Tel Aviv University, in an interview with CBC News.Ī man receives a third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Tel Aviv, Israel. Data showed that of the serious cases being admitted to hospital, around 60 per cent of patients were people who had been fully vaccinated, though most were over 60 or with underlying health conditions. Meanwhile, Israeli health officials reported what appeared to be a waning efficacy of the vaccine, including among those who had been double vaccinated. Salman Zarka, said in a recent interview with the Times. "It seems that some mistakes were made when we thought we won the war, and now we understand we only won the battle. The war is still here, and we have to continue and to explain and push all the people to get vaccinated," Israel's coronavirus czar, Prof. (Maya Alleruzzo/The Associated Press)Īnd while Israel went several weeks in May without a death, more than 550 people have died of COVID-19 in August, including over 100 of them in the last five days, the Times reported. Israel's Ministry of Health reported that the country had set a new daily record for diagnosed coronavirus cases at nearly 11,000, as the more contagious delta variant takes hold. Health-care workers in protective equipment are shown in the coronavirus ward at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on Tuesday. There were 716 people in the country hospitalized and in serious condition with COVID-19 complications, including 159 on ventilators, the Times of Israel reported. On Tuesday, Israel's Ministry of Health reported that the country had set a new daily record for diagnosed coronavirus cases at nearly 11,000, which comes as the delta variant surges across much of the world. While Israel often topped the list by Oxford University-based Our World in Data of population vaccinated, now it's leading in another category: It has the world's highest seven-day rolling average of new daily coronavirus cases per million people. "If it can happen here, it can probably happen everywhere."
Ran Balicer, chief innovation officer at Clalit Health Services (CHS), in a recent interview with the magazine Science.
"This is a very clear warning sign for the rest of the world," said Dr. Just months ago, Israel was a world leader in vaccinating its population and appeared to be putting a stranglehold on the virus that causes COVID-19, wrestling down its daily case count to double digits - and at times, near zero.īut any potential celebration was short-lived, as the more contagious delta variant gained traction and spread quickly, to the point where Israel's most recent daily case count was around 11,000 - a level not seen since January.Īccording to some Israeli scientists, this reversal of fortune provides lessons for countries like Canada, as we enter a fourth wave, to remain cautious about letting any guard down - to avoid some of the mistakes their country made.
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