Israel Starts Vaccinating Young Children As Coronavirus Cases Rise
JERUSALEM: Israel began rolling out Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccinations for 5- to 11-year-olds on Monday hoping to beat down a recent rise in coronavirus infections. A fourth wave of infections that hit Israel in June began subsiding in September. But over the past two weeks the “R”, or reproduction rate... Read more
Jordan Pushes Child Vaccinations To Fight COVID-19 Surge
AMMAN: Jordan on Sunday announced a set of coronavirus-containment measures to address the surge in COVID-19 cases. With health authorities officially declaring the kingdom as entering a third wave of COVID-19, the government late on Sunday said that children and young people would be asked to take the coronavirus... Read more