5,540 new cases diagnosed on Wednesday; serious cases also on the decline, for 3rd day; 7.5% of tests return positive

In bid to raise city's inoculation rate, municipality advertises late-night event with free bowls of the traditional stew, bread rolls and juice for those who get vaccinated

Preschools, grades 1-4, 11-12 resume in low-to-medium infection zones after over a month of lockdown, some schools to delay reopening citing lack of time to prepare

Around 400 East Jerusalem Palestinians and Palestinian workers get shots near Qalandiya crossing, but no public plans to vaccinate all 122,000 Palestinians who work in Israel

Israeli drugmaker is offering its manufacturing facilities in the US and Europe to aid in immunization effort

Officials reportedly closing in on plan to reopen many activities only for the inoculated or those with recent negative results — while making it costly and difficult to get tested

Health minister says those working in education who refuse to be inoculated may have to pay for a virus test every 48 hours, warns of fines for businesses that violate lockdown

15% of Americans say they definitely don't want vaccine, 17% say they probably won't take the inoculation

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When people test COVID positive, viral loads are 4 times lower if they’re vaccinated, finds first-of-its-kind research; expert calls it ‘game-changer’ in pursuit of herd immunity