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PM Bennett instructs Health Ministry to promote medical studies into long-term efficacy of Pfizer vaccine to provide decision-makers with 'vital information' on booster shots

But Ran Balicer, chair of Israel's national expert panel on COVID-19, stresses it is 'too early to precisely assess vaccine effectiveness against the variant'

Ministers to reportedly mull caps on gatherings, reintroducing 'Green Pass' in limited format, forcing parents of infected kids to enter quarantine

PM also discusses possible swap with other nations of immunizations on brink of expiration date; Health Ministry to recommend third booster shot for immunocompromised

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Islamic Republic orders closures of nonessential businesses in 275 cities, including Tehran, and introduces travel ban between towns with high infection rates

Several regions are now classified as 'red' as infectrions rise; pandemic has killed more than 84,000 people out of over 3.2 million infections

Urgency coincides with Europe’s summer holiday months, with good weather bringing more social gatherings

Pfizer has not yet sanctioned booster shots, but there is concern vaccine less efficient in protecting such individuals, Kan reports