Virus czar also says there's a possibility of compelling travelers to Israel to produce negative virus test from previous 72 hours

Announcement comes after Jewish leader received 2nd dose of vaccine, which only becomes 95% effective a number of days after the follow-up shot

Cabinet to meet later this week to decide how to proceed, as Health Ministry pushes to keep restrictions in place; 44 new fatalities reported over weekend

Ichilov hospital investigating, but blames heavy workload amid Israel's third pandemic wave, says it will divert more staff to coronavirus wards

Numbing figure reached 1 year after first cases detected in Wuhan; some wealthy countries see path out with vaccine campaigns, while poorer nations remain behind

US President-elect says he will use federal muscle to rein in pandemic as shots remain in short supply

Ex-virus czar says with a quarter of population having received 1st shot, country seeing clear evidence vaccine is working; number of seriously ill over 60 drops sharply

Mandelblit tells police minister he has no authority to make such a directive and failed to provide legal justification, won't receive alternative representation at High Court

Survey of first 600 people to get second dose sees 70% report mild discomfort or localized pain, but no serious reactions; 13 suffer temporary facial paralysis after first shot

Over 2 million shots administered so far, but infections remain high, and strict lockdown may be extended beyond January 21