Currently only those over 60 and at-risk populations can get inoculation; PM, health minister will get shots live Saturday night; frontline health workers to start shots Sunday

Positive test rate again reaches 3.5% as Israel appears headed to renewed restrictions; top health officials enter quarantine after exposure to virus carrier

Israel's vaccination campaign will start Sunday with shots for frontline health workers, but two main HMOs said to be telling government they are ready to step up efforts

No other vaccine maker but Pfizer is likely to supply inoculations before April, TV report says; country set for fresh restrictions, including on travelers, as virus spikes

Those aged 70 or older account for 80% of the 3,000-plus people who have died, with over a third aged 80-89, according Health Ministry figures reported by Haaretz

Rate of positive COVID-19 tests leaps to 3.5% and active cases near 20,000, as deputy health minister says 'no avoiding' reimposed closures

Health Ministry sources quoted saying shutdown of commercial activity will be longer than planned since many schools will remain open

Yuli Edelstein says commerce will be first to be shut down, though most schools to remain open, if daily infections top 2,500 or transmission passes government-set benchmark

Virus czar says government 'trying to prevent a full lockdown,' after Monday sees highest number of new confirmed carriers in 2 months

Medical personnel to begin receiving inoculations on Sunday; TV says Israel currently has 313,000 doses from Pfizer, with 3.8 million expected by end of the month