Nachman Ash says government will lift restrictions more slowly than planned to prevent another outbreak; Moderna says vaccine shields against British, South African variants

Biotech firm says it is nonetheless testing whether adding a second booster, to make 3 shots in total, could increase protection from new strains

Ash warns UK variant may cause 30% more serious illnesses, says up to 50% of new cases are from variant; public health head: it's causing worrying levels of infection in children

Jamaal Bowman says discrepancy 'another reminder of why the occupation must end,' Rashida Tlaib claims policy proof that Israel's a 'racist, apartheid state'

Health Ministry says California mutated strain detected in Israel as man returning from LA infects four others; another flyer from Dubai reportedly gave virus to 180 people

Ramallah also worried by delay in getting doses, with first major AstraZeneca shipment due in March and other suppliers possibly taking months more

Full effects of Pfizer’s shots only kick in around a month after inoculation, but data from Israel shows there is a stark drop in infections even before that point

Report says mass rollout of vaccine amid ongoing outbreak may put ‘evolutionary pressure’ on the coronavirus

Pfizer says efficacy of shot after such a long period is untested; Israeli virus czar had claimed 1st dose less effective than anticipated

Inoculation of high school students subject to parental approval; close to 2.5 million of Israel's nine-million-strong population have received first dose