Virus czar: Israeli kids to start getting inoculated after US counterparts, parents must 'protect their children'; Health chief Ash: Government go-ahead may come 'in several weeks'

PM warns further outbreaks 'could happen in another month, another six months, or not at all'; says finance minister agreed to 'one-time expansion of the 2022 budget framework'

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discusses a visit to Putin and one by India's FM, and Arab affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman gives update on Palestinian groups' terror-listing

Russians to stay away from work next week as country tries to stem infections; only about one-third of population is vaccinated amid high levels of skepticism, misinformation

US says benefit outweighs any risk, no unexpected side effects; panel to vote Tuesday before decision made on authorization; Israel said planning to inoculate kids from December

FDA expected to weigh in on findings, which also show shot to be safe for smaller kids, later Friday, with child-sized doses possibly available starting as early as next month

Pharmaceutical giant's chief says trials 'provide further evidence of the benefits of boosters' and will be shared with regulatory agencies 'as soon as possible'

But government says no entry for travelers coming from ‘red’ countries or from places seeing outbreak of new AY4.2 strain; Russian vaccine not okayed, for now

As the FDA prepares to approve shots for children, pediatric diseases expert Galia Grisaru-Soen warns new variants could prove 'more serious' for them

Plan to be proposed by health officials at meeting with Bennett amid concerns over subvariant; 5 cases of AY4.2 discovered retroactively in Israel; CDC says 1st cases found in US