The WHO's 'Access to Covid Tools Accelerator' is aimed at developing, producing, procuring and distributing tools to tackle the pandemic, and to fight global inequity in roll-out

Just 642 people tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday; government lifts cap on outdoor gatherings, readies vaccine drive for kids

Health correspondent Nathan Jeffay on COVID shots for kids 5-11; senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on coalition infighting; and Raoul Wootliff on a new stage in the Netanyahu trial

Coronavirus morbidity in Israel continues to decline, with positivity rate hitting a four-month low and serious cases dropping

Vaccine for young children still requires approval from FDA itself, as well as the CDC; experts believe vaccine’s benefits age group outweigh any potential risks

If US regulator okays vaccines for younger children, Israel is widely expected to follow suit with its own approval process; health officials say shots could start within weeks

However, subvariant first identified in UK, not believed to be deadlier nor more resistant to vaccines; first cases found in Israel last week

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'

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