Initial 800,000 doses slated to begin to be given to people over 80 who are hospitalized or already have appointments scheduled, in West's first major inoculation campaign

Decision over the summer not to order additional 100 million doses could delay delivery of a second batch until pharmaceutical firm fulfills other international contracts

Some 100,000 doses said set to arrive at Ben Gurion Airport, alongside company representatives, as pilot for transit and storage of larger amounts

But vaccination campaign in hardest-hit country expected to take longer than expected, with 100 million estimated to get jab by mid or late March

Buckingham Palace declines to comment on media reports that Queen Elizabeth II will set example for the nation by being among first to get the jab

Military's coronavirus task force finds half of cases coming from schools, says people starting to be more honest about their interactions and aiding contact tracers

With first vaccines expected in days or weeks, officials tell TV network if Israel's vaccination program proceeds as planned, pandemic could be in rearview mirror as Spring arrives

Moscow rolls out coronavirus inoculation at 70 centers; WHO warns that shots alone won't end global crisis

Manama follows decision made by UK, but doesn't say how many doses it has purchased, nor when shots will begin to be divvied out

Biden and former presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama, ready to get vaccinated in public to boost confidence in anticipated vaccines